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World Service,23 Dec 2020,49 mins

Trump Rejects 'Wasteful' Coronavirus Stimulus Bill

Newsday

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Donald Trump has rejected a nine-hundred-billion-dollar coronavirus relief package which was agreed by the US Congress on Monday after months of delay. Mr Trump said the bill was a disgrace, wasting money on foreign countries and special interests, whilst failing to provide enough to American families. France has begun reopening its borders to traffic from Britain after a forty-eight-hour closure which has left thousands of trucks stranded in south-east England. European Union citizens and residents, freight drivers and others will be allowed in, provided they have a negative coronavirus test. Uganda has one of the largest parliaments in Africa. And it’s about to get even bigger. Since the last elections in 2016, dozens of new constituencies have been created and this means that - aside from electing their new president - Ugandans will be choosing more MPs when they vote on January 14th.

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