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World Service,04 Dec 2019,53 mins

Impeachment report accuses Trump of sweeping abuse of power

Newsday

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The Democrat- led US House Intelligence committee has released a report setting out its case for impeaching President Trump, accusing him of a sweeping abuse of power for personal gain. It accuses Mr Trump of obstructing justice and Congress, and soliciting the interference of a foreign government - Ukraine - to help his re-election next year. Australia has controversially repealed a law which allowed sick asylum seekers held offshore to be treated in the country. More than one hundred and thirty people have died in Kenya since the onset of heavy rains in October. In one tragic case, rescuers have retrieved the body of a teenage girl who drowned in a river on the outskirts of the capital Nairobi on Tuesday.

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