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World Service,19 Jan 2023,26 mins

US crashes through the debt ceiling

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As the United States hits its debt limit, the Treasury Department begins emergency measures to prevent a default. We find out what this means for President Biden and the US economy. Thousands of Peruvians gather in the capital, Lima, for an anti-government rally following weeks of unrest that have left 44 people dead. We get the latest from the country as demonstrators demand for the resignation of President Dina Boluarte and immediate elections. And as actor Alec Baldwin is charged with involuntary manslaughter following the accidental fatal shooting of a cinematographer on a film set in 2021, we speak to a movie armourer trainer about safety on set. (Picture: The Treasury Department in Washington, DC, USA, 19 January 2023. Credit: JIM LO SCALZO/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)

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