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World Service,19 Sep 2020,53 mins

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The upcoming elections in the US are the focus for this month's World Questions. Katty Kay in Washington D.C. chairs a lively debate with four leading US politicians from across the country to discuss the big issues: Covid-19, the wearing of masks, support for the poor, Black Lives Matter, law and order and the recent wildfires. An audience from across the US joins remotely with questions to the panel coming from around the world. The panel: Mayor Quinton Lucas, Kansas City Rep. Bruce Westerman, Arkansas Mayor Aja Brown, Compton City Mayor Francis Suarez, Miami City Producer: Helen Towner Studio Managers: Lee Chaundy, Henry Dutton & Duncan Hannant BBC World Questions is a series of international events created in partnership with the British Council. (Photo: Statue of Liberty in a medical mask. Credit: Anton Petrus/Getty Images)

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