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Build trust and deescalate the trade war
between the world's 2 largest economies

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the 2 leaders are scheduled to meet later
this week at the Group of 20 Summit in

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Osaka Japan the 1st face to face meeting
since trade talks broke off back in May

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The news the U.S.

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Secretary of state might bomb
paled said Tuesday during

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a visit to Afghanistan that the
Trump administration is aiming for

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a peace deal in the war ravaged country
by September in my meeting with President

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Karzai and chief executive in July we
agreed that these are highest priority and

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Afghanistan mysterious services platform
for international pop Alles visit came as

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American a Taliban to go shooters
are scheduled to meet and cut

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a deal later this week for the next round
of talks and their months long dialogue

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aimed at finding a political settlement
to the 17 year old Afghan war the US tell

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a band dialogue process is
primarily focused on working out

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a timeline for the withdrawal of American
and NATO forces from Afghanistan in

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return for short says its national
terrorist will not be allowed to use tell

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a band controlled areas for attacks
against other countries. There has been

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a shake up that the U.S.

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Customs and Border Patrol but President
Trump said he did not he did not ask the

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acting commissioner of Customs and Border
Patrol John Sanders to step down. There

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and made changes very good changes we have
people around and in different locations

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the game has changed

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a lot because of what Mexico is to. Things
that we were before the problem with.

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People but they're not allowed because
with catch and release these C.B.P.

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Is the agency that apprehends and 1st attains
migrant parents and children crossing

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the US Mexico border going acting commissioner
Sanders says he is leaving July 5th

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but did not give

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a detailed information about his departure
the announcement came as Customs and

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Border Patrol is taking criticism for the
treatment of the 10 migrant children

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discovered

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a deplorable conditions at one of the
agency's stations in Texas most of them have

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since been moved to other facilities the
Midwestern state of Illinois became the

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11th state to legalize recreational marijuana
Tuesday and the 1st to do so through

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its legislature rather than

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a ballot initiative law will go into
effect January 1st of next year and only

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residents of that are 21 years and older
will be able to possess up to 30 grams of

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cannabis flour 5 grams of cannabis concentrate
and $500.00 milligrams of the T.H.C.

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Not residents able to possess half of those
of adults. San Francisco has become the

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1st U.S.

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City to ban the sale of electronic cigarettes
Matilde their effect on human health

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care or clear of the city's legislature
Tuesday unanimously approved the bat on

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sales of the vaporizers was delivers nicotine
and held before until the products of

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approved by the federal health
authorities. The awaiting news.

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Good morning African welcome to Deborah
got to go from the Voice of America and

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Jacksonville in Washington and today is
Wednesday June 26th and he has some of the

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stories that we're covering
for you this morning G.O.P.

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Health and memorial on Tuesday for
the chief of staff and fall out

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a senior official killed in weekend attacks
Zimbabwe is hosting the 1st United

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Nations and African Union summit on the
wildlife the country is seeking permission

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to sell its $600000000.00 stalk of elephant
ivory and brine the homes. Of some

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programs we got

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a ship precious way after we
benefits from natural resources

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fairly and to be shared
among communities living we

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didn't know why I'm curious that is
Zimbabwe's president. And the European Union

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jobs of

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a mission has released its report on the
$21000.00 general elections in Nigeria

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more time all in the East African Legislative
Assembly the body suspended approval

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all that is the African community budget
after and no show by ministers from member

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countries. We cling to. That but one of
them until it shows that you can trust it

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we're not going to stand here as I'm
praying. For that. Chip So he's not

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available even out of the out of protest.

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Ugandan lawmaker expressing her frustration
more on this story later going to be

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sorrow there is political deadlock as the
ruling party P A I G C And it's called

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Partners declared that they no longer
recognize President Jose Mario bus we have

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those stories and more coming up
right here on DAYBREAK coffee.

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If you held

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a memorial on Tuesday for the Army chief
of staff and 4 other senior officials

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killed over the weekend in
what the government says was

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a 4 wheeled coup attempt in the northern
Horris that hundreds of soldiers. In

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uniform gathered for the ceremony in the
center of the capital Addis Ababa coffins

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of Chief of Staffs YATOM a CONAN And

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a retired general both strolled date on
Saturday by Sierra's border guard we had

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dropped in the field beyond flags reports
said that roads in the capital were

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blocked for the ceremony and security was
tight access to the Internet continues to

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be shut down in the country for the 3rd
day political deadlock continues in

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Guinea-Bissau this week the ruling party
P I G C and its coalition partners

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declared that day nor longer recalled 9
President Jose Mario Vazquez although

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Vasquez minded was officially app on June
the 23rd he set the debt for elections

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for November the 24th by AS and the ruling
party. Which he came to power with then

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have. Been at

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a stalemate since 2015 when
that as. The party president

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Domingo's Simmo is from the prime minister
post the area who is still the president

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spoke to reporter Ricky straw yoke after
the party made their Tuesday announcement

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that they would no longer recognize
president was in Guinea-Bissau the Supreme

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Court. So whenever there is

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a lack of understanding of how to interpret
the Constitution the body should go and

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so in this case we have facing

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a vacancy on the post of the president of
the so the only solution to. This mess

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is the spin so you get the patient's name
and I'm sure in your community you're no

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longer recognizing the legal authority
of the president is not only us the

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Constitution that's never been I think
systems of Amanda Castle feel his 5 years of

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money is over and how long the 2nd one to
consider that but I don't know home how

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long that we can take I know for sure
that other institutions can feel big up

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as we wait for the student
to the house for.

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That is he joining me now and the census
taken together and what was their stance

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on knocking thousands of country there's

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a lot of people speaking about Michael
silence and all and asking him to kind of

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stay out of. The discussion
is now I had a chance to get

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a seat by President Michel something
of course the president. May come to

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it's only in buttons for us small.
The mission and something and.

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I have

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a chance to share with them this training
of beginnings of him being present.

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In our situation sort of order to see them
today is from the people asking him to

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play a big role and not being
involved in games that is just

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a provides the relations between 2
countries. And myself I benefit from

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a very good mission we demand but we don't
have the same opportunity to develop

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this kind of mission with the president
of Syria that's the pledge that you guys

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propose a cabinet over the weekend
afternoon to me except their status as

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a minister after he accepted I ski and he.

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Asked the prime minister the prime minister
incompetent all because of the party

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had

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a chance to have the final list
and submitted by 16. Of the

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20 or so it was to our surprise.
The president is saying

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today he's about to see this list was given
to the president on the 23rd of June

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us by 16. And he didn't respond it
seems this seems to be the case that

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was Domingo's Simmo is
president of Guinea B.

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Cells ruling party. He
was speaking to report

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a request Rioch from Guinea-Bissau or
the European Union observer mission has

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released its report on the 21000 general
elections in Nigeria the report

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concludes that challenges and
shortcomings show that there is

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a need for electoral reform in the country
Michael Bohn reports from Lagos Nigeria

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the European Union observer mission report
says the general elections we are mired

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by C.V.A.

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Operational and transparency shortcomings
citing an electoral security problems

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that contests Fairfield recommendation. To
improve future elections some like your

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own political analysts
have been reacting to

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a report on the general
elections held in February

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a much Professor Brown on more hot heads
the department of political science at the

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University of Lagos he says the reports
can muster surprise you not only for that

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my 1st reaction is that there is not

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a difference in this for long so
all that I know where it in motion

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much that is different to the make any
change as long as you have the simple

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editions system and I say is going forward
now young politicians should change

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their attitudes and 1 politicians must
lend how to campaign and win elections for

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for power not wantin to this what they
call do or die I say not to win elections

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the problem here is the mentality of one
you don't want to join to wean in order to

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do or die make sure that he wins terminal
political power that's the problem the

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corner Honeywill economy not of we the
people for illegals beers non-governmental

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organization sees the observer mission
report is correct he says the law should be

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amended to fix the permanent date for the
elation to reduce both our party avoiding

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problems that resulted
from a war we delete add

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a last minute decision what the 1st in
Arkansas mind is the shifting of the dates

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of election V I ne and the federal government
know that many people vote whether I

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just did not register where I live so
I've been watching the addresses when you

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shoot the election and out trying to something
people are trouble the 1st time that

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poor they can't afford to travel again so
you can't discount orders of what I want

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to travel down over to vote there secondly
because I become cynical so I would do

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this every time every 4 years nothing has
changed therefore why should we bother to

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my younger mates is the E.U.

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Observer mission did not question the
integrity of prison while Michael Harries

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victory Mr Garba shareholder senior special
assistant on. But the president says

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come on walk with Nigerians state institutions
parties civil society and experts to

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assure that improvements
recommended by the E.U.

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I implemented this is Mike
in Born year for V.O.A.

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News in Lagos the East
African Legislative Assembly

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a suspended approval of the East African
community budget this comes after the

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absence of East African community ministers
from the 5 partner States failed to

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attend that he bet on the budget for more
on this story go to Moses Have you any

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money you know Russia. According to
Article 142 Section 7 in because of the

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financial Yeah OF THE COMING TO shall run
from 5 to July and 30th June of the next

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year with only

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a few days away the regional parliament
has suspended the approval of the

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committee's budget of more
than $111000000.00 U.S.

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Dollars after ministers of members that
friendly to appear before the chambers with

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the exception of one
be Susan McCall she is

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a lawmaker from Uganda this is their budget
we are going to also do our part but

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one of them until it shows that I'm not
interested we're not going to stand here as

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members I'm grateful that you read for that.
She is not available to even read that

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but I did that

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a lot of protests we had expected to be
issues we want reallocation and they're not

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here last 3 they stuff you can call me to
but it was presented to the assembly by

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the time that ended we differ enough areas
and it's to African community minister

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and the must representing one was East
African community and foreign affairs

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minister Richard he says Arena who is the
current chair of the Council this is the

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1st time the chair of the council delegates
every presenter to have to present to

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the communities I don't know is an M.P.

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From Kenya what is more important for the
ministers like this in this function of

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budget that we can be able to discuss and
find ways and means of of getting out of

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this crisis will look I think we have to
speak the truth we have to be openly talk

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however the speaker of the region our
symbol of Martin Go-Go question the members

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on suspending the budget approval we have
nothing in the rules that says you must

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have a minimum number of ministers
present for you to proceed in terms of

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a lot we have faith in terms of practice
we know to comfortable so we have to be

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very careful with decisions we make and
how we tend to end them according to

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Article one $132.00 Section 2 on the Treaty
of the establishment of the stuff Rican

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community it indicates that the budget of
the community for each financial year I

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shall be prepared by the secretary general
for consideration. By the council and

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approval by the Assembly a call is

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a lawmaker from Uganda.
On the budget to such

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a time when Castro is prepared to address
the issues that we're going to raise with

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this budget the suspension to approve
the community's budget comes at

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a time when the community is facing with
the financial challenges and top officials

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accused of mismanagement of the community
funds despite the committee budget being

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funded equally by the member states some
countries are yet to send in contributions

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for this financial Yeah
ending next we must. V.O.A.

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Africa. Tanzania. And we stay
in East Africa this time in

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Rwanda where the country is investigative
body there Rhonda Investigation Bureau

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has arrested 15 Rwandans and 2 Kenyans
they are suspected of orchestrating

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a scam in which they invited of a
$6000.00 people to what they called

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a wellness fitness event the suspects had
promised that who ever paid to attend the

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conference would be given
free cash amounting to

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a $197.00 for more on this
story. Reports from 2 galley

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underbody we got them on the package about.
Among 6000 people who gathered in this

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. For

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a conference that was kind of decent
pay and how they lost their money in

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this county conference. Is

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a training in how. The
problem is not to pay the

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money they. Don't know how to
get back on my I paid $5.00 but

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I'll get me to pay $25100.00.
According to the seat coming here.

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And see the organizers but wonder investigation
bureau officials are asked to leave

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this compound and the plan for

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a long minute after that I took another
one you know according to these 3 in the

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gardens the organizers of these training
should teach them how to start and run

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everyone's project every participant
was promised $197.00 U.S.

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Dollars take home while it turned out to
whom the secretary general of whatever

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suggestion would be to go immediately
camp to the crime scene obviously these

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desperate Scranton's to stay come as the
office is looking for ways to make the

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organizers pay back the money
but. Let's understand each other

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it's you who give your money to scammers
they have involved in this struggle of

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bringing back your money so in don't
have to protest stay calm but this is

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a core that's of the day this is not only
happens to one or 2 persons but now it's

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massive. It was

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a member. For you say the conference was
not known by any government institution.

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Not to be blinded by gifts and quickly
and were quite rigid in now my

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want to advise our youth. To
present themselves for now. And we

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promise no one can see through
anything for free. Among the I

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listed in Africa why didn't he bring to it
and teachings to his country only in the

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. Meanwhile this conference was prepared
by West fitness international it

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is still not clear how the participants
we get back their money but critics say

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what is clear is that some can always happen
mostly for you who are suffering from

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unemployment in

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a country where it was count
over 60 percent of. As we might

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feel when she got one and from Ron I would
go to southern Africa in Zimbabwe the

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country is hosting the 1st United Nations
and Africa Union summit on wildlife

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Zimbabwe is seeking permission to sell its
$600000000.00 stock of elephant ivory

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and rhino horns to fund conservation
programs but as Columbus move on the reports

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from the resort town of Victoria Falls those
living near the game parks have other

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issues they want addressed in some parts
of Africa elephant populations I decline

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mainly because poachers shoot the animals
for their valuable Eiffel Towers Zimbabwe

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has no such problem in fact the country
Spock's Authorities say the elephant

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population is up to 84000
that may warm the hearts of

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wildlife conservation is bad people only
from here Zimbabwe's camp args have

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a different perspective. To relieve

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some of the ledge on the edge of winding
National Park Zimbabwe's biggest wildlife

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reserve him main problem is
with I have eaten or 7 of

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the goats she used to on but any funds
making life difficult to she ses

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among others I want to know. If we love
and appreciate wildlife and some like

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lions and elephants are dangerous when the
people hear of elephants in the area and

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even schoolchildren fear going to
school as they kill says to him

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this week Zimbabwe's hosting delegates to
the UN you want live sun made in Victoria

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Falls about 2 hours drive from one to
national park conflict between humans and

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wildlife is one of the subjects on the
agenda but is about when officials have

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a different focus than 2 in Zimbabwe and
its neighbors both one Indian and maybe

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I'm almost to over 60 percent of the world's
elephants the countries who wanted to

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end the international ban on trading in

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a row Ivorian imposed 30 years ago in
hopes of protecting elephant populations

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and I was present emotional when I was
saying is their country has about

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$600000000.00 worth of elephant
Ivorian and I know owns install

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mostly taken from and the most that's died
of natural causes if we are allowed to

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do disposed to save and agri we put

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a meters. Remember you derive there
from who would suffer used to finance

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our operational conservation efforts
for the next 2 decades we encourage

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a process where the truly
benefits from natural resources

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fairly and equitably shirred
among communities living we

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didn't know one life areas that would
certainly be good news for to him and others

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who frequently lose their crops and cancel
tomorrow out and the fires and other

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forms of life today
confidence and Tuesday. For

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sure a news story unfolds Zimbabwe and in

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a related story but this
time in Kenya where

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a Wildlife Conservancy
in Kenya is trying out

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a new use for technology to protect its 4
legged inhabitants it is applying counter

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tracking technology to monitor rhinos one
of the walls most endangered species

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Saraki money reports from like peer. The
to 6000 hectare on potato while left

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Conservancy is essential for endangered
white and black rhinos the animals roam

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freely oblivious to the dangers that face
them especially from porches so if I can

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demonstrate I have

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a much importance device with me here what
this device does is it is able to give

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us. The Conservancy in central Kenya is
using carefully tracking video technology

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provided by

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a local business in the hopes of saving
Ramos and other wildlife deter is analysed

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inside the Technology Lab at the conservancy
is really I'm general get the head of

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technology at the conservancy explains
traditionally we have money to build

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corridors by checking for prints and
estimating how many animals of 2nd

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species have moved either in or out so we
have the technology of our cameras then

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we are able to tell you it's attended to
that specific animals have moved in and

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out because they can be counted then robots
of liquid tocome to from the top set up

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the facility say is

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a technology also helps protect all
animals from predators police about 60

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year for that alarm so you can you know
if you can track the position of the lion

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the track the position that you can start
to addiction and help the help the family

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to make sure that they they live really
move back up the way when the larger one

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but these are the sort of things that might
be the consequence to spend at least

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10000 dollars every year to protect
animals from porches it hopes the new

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technology will help bring down the
cost and help solidify its position as

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a top destination for

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a while of tourism as someone who the
head of conservation atoned predictor

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explains it helps in making decisions
and linking different sense us

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together in one platform to make

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a so by division either to prevent
conflict. You know 2 to look at resources

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utilization and how they are being
utilized in space in the last 10 years Ken

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you're like many sub-Saharan African
countries has barkeep poachers who killed

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right most for the hones there is high
demand for the homes in Asia do you turn

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Provan believes that the Hong's have healing
properties so I reckon money for view

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in news like Kenya and that's it for this
Wednesday June the 26th additional dead

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this morning with us on behalf of the

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they want to do I'm ready Also ahead

00:28:48
a Mideast peace conference opens in Bahrain
but Israel and the Palestinians aren't

00:28:53
there the head of Customs and Border
Protection says he's leaving the 1st of 2

00:28:58
Democratic debates is later tonight
and some endangered black rhinos have

00:29:03
a new home in Rwanda that's all
on today's international edition.

00:29:12
Top American and Iranian officials are
continuing to fire verbal warning shots at

00:29:17
each other while insisting they want to
avoid war on Tuesday President Donald Trump

00:29:23
told reporters in the Oval Office that
whenever Iran is ready to talk he is

00:29:27
available earlier in the day the president
warned on social media that an attack by

00:29:33
Tehran on anything American would be met
with great an overwhelming force adding

00:29:39
that in some instances overwhelming would
mean obliteration trampled the United

00:29:45
States out of

00:29:45
a deal negotiated under the Obama
administration that aimed to prevent Iran from

00:29:50
acquiring

00:29:50
a nuclear weapon Tuesday afternoon the
president repeated his assertion that the

00:29:56
deal was a bad one for all involved. As
far as Iran is concerned the deal was

00:30:02
a horrible deal it was no good
it was no good it ended in

00:30:05
a very short period of time when
dealing about countries. It ended in

00:30:10
a very short period of time they busy
would have had a clear path busy to

00:30:12
a nuclear weapon we're not going to allow
that to happen can't do it last week

00:30:16
Trump decided against

00:30:18
a retaliatory strike against Iran just
minutes before launch after terror and shot

00:30:23
down an unmanned drone the United States
has also blamed Iran for recent attacks on

00:30:28
oil tankers in the Strait of Hormuz on
Monday Trump stiffened economic sanctions

00:30:33
against the Islamic Republic specifically
targeting the country's supreme leader

00:30:38
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and Iranian
government official is quoted as saying that

00:30:43
sanctions on comedy equal an attack on the
nation while the Iran's President Hassan

00:30:48
Rouhani said in

00:30:49
a televised address that the White House's
actions were mentally retarded and that

00:30:55
the sanctions would not harm the top cleric
because he has no assets abroad. Jay

00:31:01
Solomon is an adjunct fellow at the
Washington Institute for Near East Policy and

00:31:06
he's also the author of the Iran wars he
spoke to international editions Laurie

00:31:11
London about where all this could be headed
I think at the heart of it is the fact

00:31:16
the economic sanctions are on their currency
was down about 2 thirds year on year

00:31:22
before President Trump

00:31:24
a month ago said he would get it go for 0
or oil exports and I think Sir Ron that's

00:31:30
an accidental threat to that country
because you know around 60 percent of the

00:31:34
state's revenue comes from oil exports
so I think that's what's really the

00:31:38
underlying threat and I think the trumpet
ministration doesn't really want to get

00:31:43
sucked into

00:31:43
a military conflict because they see the
oil warfare the financial war for having

00:31:48
so much impact so the Iranians can't sit
back really and just let this type of

00:31:53
financial pressure continue because of
what it's doing its to its finances that

00:31:57
it's kind of lashing out to try to bring
the international community to bring them

00:32:01
into the fray sicko force the U.S.

00:32:04
To back off and I guess we're sort of now
in a in a game of chicken where the U.S.

00:32:08
Is actually asking late in the same James
Randi and some are saying they won't do

00:32:12
that to the negotiating table and if the
last 2 weeks are any indication they're

00:32:17
likely to be more provocations in the
Straits of Hormuz or other areas where

00:32:22
a reunion process ultimately though do you
think that the sanctions will work if

00:32:29
both sides are digging in their heels and
just you know not willing to to budge

00:32:34
Plus of course Iran saying this is the
permanent closure to the road for democracy

00:32:38
how do we get past this whether it's

00:32:40
a war or an unexpected war I guess it
depends who you talk to the ministration of

00:32:45
what they want President truncheons really
want negotiations and believe that this

00:32:49
type of financial pressure will bring
them to the table I've talked to other

00:32:53
administration officials are kind of like
well if they come to the table great if

00:32:56
not we'll just keep squeezing them and we're
going to dry up their ability. To fund

00:33:01
whether it's. Running or some other of
their proxies and we're kind of willing to

00:33:07
kind of wait them out my sense from the
Iranian side is that you know they've been

00:33:11
told by the Europeans probably some of the
members of the Obama crowd that can wait

00:33:16
these guys out there are only going to be
in office another 18 months the Democrats

00:33:21
going to come in and really commit to the
Iran deal this episode will pass my gut

00:33:26
is still probably that's what the Iraqis
are betting on that they can kind of

00:33:30
bunker down and absorb
this and then they'll be

00:33:32
a part of the whole change but again the
Syrian oil exports from what I have seen

00:33:37
go from a high of sometimes much as
3000000 down to below 500000 barrels

00:33:42
a day that's

00:33:42
a big shock I think it's good to be tough
for the Iranians to do it for another 18

00:33:46
months even though my gut is that still
their strategy Well you mentioned other

00:33:50
nations around the world French President
Emanuel McCrone has spoken to Iran's

00:33:55
leader you know to try to see about teaming
some of these tensions how effective

00:34:00
was that so that the foreign minister of
the European Union rhetoric about me is

00:34:05
still going forward with this financial
backing is and she's hoping the prosecutor

00:34:10
well for European trade with Iran
around American sanctions which is

00:34:15
a risky game to give anything to so they
ready try to think too you know I think

00:34:19
the Europeans are trying to play this
intermediary role and also as I said earlier

00:34:23
simply whispered hearing is

00:34:24
a good way that Trump at the same time I
don't think there's that much they can

00:34:28
really do on the financial side history
recent history has shown that no matter

00:34:31
what European leaders and diplomats say
the business men listen to the United

00:34:35
States because the dollar is so important
to their operations that they can't risk

00:34:39
getting access U.S. Financial system
so they tend to follow the U.S.

00:34:43
Leave even if their governments don't
always do it so I think I think there are

00:34:46
Europeans tools are limited I think even
if the Chinese and the Russians are still

00:34:52
playing the role of

00:34:53
a friend of Iran and can help the baby
weather the storm but even there you've seen

00:34:56
the Chinese diminish their their
purchases of Iranian oil. It's

00:35:00
a dangerous situation though you know
another big concern obviously as you

00:35:04
mentioned this is a
dangerous situation it's

00:35:06
a dangerous part of the world one small
escalation could lead to who knows what

00:35:12
with you know so much tension in the area
and we do know that Iran does have allies

00:35:18
some of them nefarious you know Hezbollah
and the like that could come to their aid

00:35:23
So how concerned are you that
certainly the comments from the U.S.

00:35:26
President we could obliterate you basically
you know how dangerous is the rhetoric

00:35:31
and how concerned are you that it would
be not that difficult to see this turning

00:35:35
into something very very bad it is definitely
interested I haven't seen this type

00:35:39
of rhetoric in the 15 years or so that
everybody wants to cover Iran I will say

00:35:44
this if you really focus
on this Iran's for

00:35:47
a long time done incredibly provocative
things against the United States whether

00:35:52
its allies elaborate on blowing up the
Marine barracks and he's read to the

00:35:56
Iranians massively shipping in I D's
into Iraq after the invasion of 2003

00:36:03
and the Iraq war and the U.S.

00:36:04
Always showed incredible restraint and
not retaliating even though there was so

00:36:09
much evidence and intelligence that the
Iranians are directly targeting American

00:36:13
troops often do their allies that sometimes
directly all this situation be directly

00:36:18
religious in the towel in ways that it has
in the past it's totally possible and

00:36:22
that's why it's dangerous the cost of
the fight the stuff that goes on for

00:36:26
a while when the U.S.

00:36:28
Is often not retaliated in ways the president
just did last week Jay Solomon is an

00:36:33
adjunct fellow at the Washington Institute
for Near East Policy and the author of

00:36:37
the Iran wars he was speaking
with my colleague Laurie London.

00:36:45
Among the top stories in the world Trump
ratchets up verbal attacks on Iran Mohler

00:36:51
agree to testify publicly before House
committees Palestinians rejected economic

00:36:56
vision of Trump's deal of the century
trying to hold at least 8 bilateral side

00:37:02
meetings at G.

00:37:03
20. Meeting will help ease escalating
trade war expanded coverage

00:37:10
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00:37:16
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00:37:29
Thanks for being with us on this
Wednesday I'm David Bird in Washington

00:37:32
Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza
clashed with Israeli forces Tuesday as they

00:37:38
protested an economic initiative
launched by the White House at

00:37:42
a 2 day conference in manana Bahrain as
Robert Berger reports the multibillion

00:37:48
dollar piece to prosperity proposal to
boost Palestinian and neighboring Arab

00:37:53
states economies as part of the Middle East
plan heralded by President Donald Trump

00:37:58
as the deal of the century and it's spearheaded
by his son in law and advisor Jared

00:38:03
. The peace to prosperity
conference was initiated by U.S.

00:38:09
President Donald Trump's son in law and
Mideast envoy Jarrett cushion or the aim is

00:38:15
to revive the peace process with economic
incentives while putting aside the thorny

00:38:20
political issues until later the plan
offers $27000000000.00 in aid to the

00:38:27
Palestinians most of which would be financed
by wealthy Arab states led by Saudi

00:38:32
Arabia some $23000000000.00 would be
earmarked for poorer Arab states bordering

00:38:39
Israel namely Lebanon Jordan and Egypt the
Palestinian Authority is boycotting the

00:38:45
workshop declaring that the plan is

00:38:48
a whitewash and dead on arrival prime
minister Mohammad shuteye A I have been up

00:38:54
seeing and other few months from so something
months we have not seen in the few

00:38:59
months and the reference to ending the
occupation this was a job is simply

00:39:05
a political laundry for 7 months
and that is if my vision of

00:39:09
a commission Israel is not attending
the conference either because of Arab

00:39:14
opposition to normalizing relations before
the Palestinian problem is resolved but

00:39:20
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
is prepared to give the peace plan

00:39:25
a chance we'll hear the American proposition
here internally and with openness

00:39:32
and I cannot understand how the Palestinians
before they even heard the plan

00:39:37
rejected outright that's not the way
to proceed question or decided on

00:39:41
a new approach after previous U.S.

00:39:44
Administrations tried and failed to resolve
the thorniest issues of the conflict

00:39:50
borders Palestinian refugees Jewish
settlements and the status of Jerusalem the

00:39:56
trumpet administration believes economic
prosperity will benefit the entire region

00:40:02
and curb extremism but the. Alice to me
and say they cannot be bought and that

00:40:08
their homeland is not for
sale Robert burger or V.O.A.

00:40:12
News Jerusalem Meanwhile U.S.

00:40:15
Secretary of State Mike POMPEI O said
Tuesday joining an unannounced trip to

00:40:19
Afghanistan the hour has come for peace in
the war torn country Pompei all met with

00:40:26
Afghan president Gunny to discuss
ongoing peace talks between the U.S.

00:40:30
And the Taliban the secretary of
state told reporters at the U.S.

00:40:35
Embassy in Kabul the 2 men agree that
peace is our highest priority and that

00:40:40
Afghanistan must never again serve as

00:40:43
a platform for international terrorism
talks between the Taliban and Washington's

00:40:48
peace envoy Zalmay Khalilzad
have focused on U.S.

00:40:52
And NATO troop withdrawal and guarantees
from the Taliban that Afghanistan would

00:40:58
not again become a safe haven
for terrorists to plan

00:41:01
a global attack like the airborne assaults
on the United States in 2001 Pompei 0

00:41:07
said the United States and
the Taliban were close to

00:41:10
a deal on countering terrorism
all sides agree that finalizing

00:41:16
a US Taliban understanding on terrorism

00:41:17
a foreign troop presence will open the
door to enter Afghan dialogue and

00:41:21
negotiations that next step is
at the heart of our effort pump

00:41:26
a 0 stopover came before the 7th round of
peace talks between the United States and

00:41:31
Taliban officials aimed at ending the 18
year old war they are scheduled to resume

00:41:37
on June 29th in the Qatari capital of Doha
Pompei Oh said that the United States

00:41:43
has no intention of dictating the outcome
of those talks. It's not America's role

00:41:48
to dictate the outcome of those negotiations
we've been clear that success or

00:41:53
failure of the bilateral relationship
and Afghanistan's relationship with the

00:41:56
international community including the
donor community will rest in part on what

00:42:00
Afghans do to maintain the civil rights
of women and minorities and preserve the

00:42:03
gains of the last 18 years the U.S.

00:42:07
With British support began attacking
Taliban forces in 2001 after the insurgent

00:42:12
group failed to hand over Osama bin Laden
following the terrorist attacks on the

00:42:17
United States on September 11th 2001 POMPEI
O stopped in Afghanistan on his way to

00:42:23
New Delhi for meetings with Indian Prime
Minister Narendra Modi and other officials

00:42:29
.

00:42:40
The U.S. Special representative to
Venezuela Elliott Abrams says direct U.S.

00:42:45
Military intervention in that country is
still an option to support efforts to oust

00:42:51
President Nicolas Maduro speaking at

00:42:54
a State Department press briefing on
Tuesday Abrams continued to call form

00:42:59
a Duro to step down we support interim
president wedo his efforts the barrier to

00:43:05
a peaceful resolution remains the duros
refusal to step aside the United States is

00:43:12
one of $54.00 countries supporting
opposition leader one guy I don't know who

00:43:17
declared himself interim president in
January Madeira maintain support from China

00:43:23
and Russia who are key allies Venezuela
has been mired in an economic crisis with

00:43:29
inflation above 1000000 percent and citizens
forced to do without essential goods

00:43:35
and services the U.N.

00:43:37
Says $4000000.00 Venezuelans have fled
their country's political and economic

00:43:41
crisis in recent years creating

00:43:43
a migration crisis in nearby countries
like Colombia and Peru asked if the U.S.

00:43:49
Would consider taking in more displaced
Venezuelans Abrams said he expected more to

00:43:54
arrive as Venezuelan migration
increases across the board. There will

00:44:01
unquestionably be more Venezuelans coming
to the United States because it will be

00:44:06
more Venezuelans going everywhere
you seem to think it's the U.N.

00:44:09
Estimate we're now up to about $4000000.00
others would say higher. And it's going

00:44:15
to hit you know at a certain point you
have 5000000. The numbers in the U.S.

00:44:20
Are small compared to the numbers in
say Colombia or Peru. And they grow

00:44:27
faster Needless to say in the countries
that are nearer to them as well Abrams said

00:44:33
that granting Venezuelans temporary protected
status is also under consideration

00:44:39
T.P.S.

00:44:40
Would protect Venezuelans from deportation
and enable them to work and travel

00:44:45
within the United States asked if the U.S.

00:44:48
Would consider working with President
Maduro perhaps integrating him into

00:44:52
a unity government Abrams expressed doubt
pointing at past failed talks the regime

00:44:59
is methodically working to destroy Venezuela's
democratically elected parliament so

00:45:05
we ask the nations of the Rema group the
International Contact Group the members of

00:45:10
the European Union and indeed all democracies
to stand behind the national assembly

00:45:16
and denounce the regime's systematic
persecution the special representative said

00:45:23
that he hopes that the 2 representatives
left in Venezuela after UN High

00:45:28
Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle
Bachelet visited there last weekend would be

00:45:33
allowed to visit dissident prisoners and
be able to tell the world about the true

00:45:38
conditions there we are hoping
that the. High Commissioner is

00:45:45
Representatives who are currently in Venezuela
who stayed there when she left will

00:45:51
visit the country's most notorious
prisons and visit political prisoners

00:45:58
and we hope that her report which is due
out July 5th. Will reveal the brutal

00:46:05
truth that victims of the regime suffer
every day Tuesday's briefing came as the

00:46:11
U.S. And S.

00:46:12
Come for the Navy hospital ship makes its
way to Venezuela carrying humanitarian

00:46:17
aid President Maduro previously blocked
several tons of aid from the U.S.

00:46:23
And Brazil in February going as far as to
temporarily close then as well as borders

00:46:30
with Colombia and Brazil the
acting head of the U.S.

00:46:34
Customs and Border Protection Agency John
Sanders has resigned his position amid an

00:46:40
uproar over the discovery of migrant
children being held in squalor and filth in

00:46:45
one of the agency's stations
in Texas Sanders sent

00:46:49
a message to agency employees that he
would step down July 5th he did not give

00:46:54
a reason for leaving his
departure comes after

00:46:58
a barrage of criticism in recent
days over conditions at the C.B.P.

00:47:02
Holding facility in Clint
Texas it Laura Mukherjee is

00:47:07
a professor of law and the director of the
immigrants rights clinic at Columbia Law

00:47:11
School she said that she and

00:47:14
a team of lawyers found children in
miserable conditions at Clint the children

00:47:20
there were hungry dirty SEC
scared and all if I am who

00:47:26
I interviewed had been detained for
the longer than 72 hour limit but

00:47:32
a lot of clients Mukerjee said that she
was horrified by the conditions at Clint

00:47:37
which was not built to hold the number of
people being detained there. Most of the

00:47:43
children hadn't showered for weeks since
they had crossed the border they don't

00:47:48
have regular access to toothbrushes some
of the children have brushed their teeth

00:47:53
for the 1st time last week because we
were there the children are dirty they're

00:47:58
wearing the same dirty clothing that
they cross the border in the children's

00:48:03
clothing has bodily fluids on it there
is nasal mucus not all over their

00:48:10
clothing there is urine on their pants
for the teenage mothers who are

00:48:15
breastfeeding their breast milk stands all
over their shirts by Tuesday many of the

00:48:21
children had been moved out of the
Clint facility however as Sanders his

00:48:25
resignation was being made public Customs
and Border Protection announced that

00:48:30
$100.00 of the children would be returned
to Clint Late Tuesday the House of

00:48:35
Representatives voted 232-1952
pass a foreign a half

00:48:40
a $1000000000.00 aid package to address the
border issues the Republican run Senate

00:48:45
is working on its own version and President
Trump has vowed to veto the House's

00:48:51
version.

00:49:00
The battle for the Democratic Party's 2020
presidential nomination kicks into high

00:49:05
gear this week with the 1st of what will
be monthly debates among the candidates

00:49:10
leading up to the 1st caucus and primary
votes early next year the 1st debates will

00:49:15
be held over 2 nights ones tonight and
one is Thursday and they will feature 10

00:49:20
different contenders and each night vying
for the right to take on President Donald

00:49:25
Trump in November of 2020 Kyle Condit is
the managing editor Sato's crystal ball at

00:49:32
the University of Virginia as center for
politics he says with 20 candidates in

00:49:38
these debates voters shouldn't expect a
huge change in the race. Look I mean it's

00:49:44
a it's a gigantic field on both nights

00:49:47
a lot of these candidates will be
basically appearing in front of

00:49:50
a true national audience 1st time and so
it's possible that someone will be able to

00:49:55
break through previously has not been

00:49:58
a major polling cantered at this
point but you know even you know

00:50:00
a lot of the candidates really never going
to get you know much time there's not

00:50:03
going to be much opportunity for interaction
given how big the field is and so I

00:50:07
think expecting that there's going to be
some huge change in the race that comes

00:50:11
out of this today may not necessarily be
warranted even though it's quite possible

00:50:16
that there could be some sort of change
in that maybe one of the local and

00:50:19
candidates will have some sort of moment
in the debate that allows them to sort of

00:50:23
become part of the bigger conversation
featuring you know Joe Biden was before and

00:50:28
Bernie Sanders etc So far former Vice
President Joe Biden has had the best poll

00:50:34
numbers Kyle conduct says that the
rest of the Democrats can take

00:50:38
a lesson from the 2016 debates featuring
Now President Donald Trump you know most

00:50:44
of the highly polling candidates are going
to be on the stage with Biden on the 2nd

00:50:48
night of the debate I think back to the
2316 cycle when I think there was an

00:50:53
assumption among many Republicans and many
other observers that Donald Trump would

00:50:58
eventually fall off and therefore

00:51:00
a lot of the Republicans spent their
time attacking one another instead of

00:51:03
attacking trial but of course Trump never
ever ended up falling off Condit told

00:51:07
V.O.A. That while going after a perceived
front runner in your own party is

00:51:12
a risky strategy some of the Democrats
might have to go after Biden in order to

00:51:17
have

00:51:18
a chance. If these candidates really want
to make an impact I think they can't

00:51:25
just go up to something something different
because otherwise Biden is still

00:51:29
leading this race after the 1st few debates
it means that its support is actually

00:51:33
hard as opposed to soft I think that it's
important for these other candidates to

00:51:38
to try to stop Biden early in this process
and not allow him to exercise sort of

00:51:42
a firm grip on the sealed though there
will be 10 candidates on the stage each

00:51:48
night in Miami Kyl conduct says that he
believes President Trump will also be

00:51:54
a key figure in these debates
Well look you're going to see

00:51:58
a lot of criticism of the president just
like in say 2012 when Barack Obama was the

00:52:04
unchallenged president that bunch of
Republicans were trying to compete for the

00:52:08
right to face the debates in some ways
were kind of just all centered around

00:52:12
bashing Obama I think they'll be some of
that dynamic with the Democrats and Trump

00:52:17
as well Kyle Condit is the managing editor
of some of those crystal ball at the

00:52:22
University of Virginia's Center for
Politics the Democratic debate the 1st of 2

00:52:28
starts at 01 hours U.T.C. Thursday
in Miami Florida and U.S.

00:52:34
Special Counsel Robert Muller who issued

00:52:37
a report in April on Russian meddling in
the 2016th president presidential election

00:52:42
that is will testify in open session before
the House of Representatives Judiciary

00:52:48
and Intelligence Committees on July 17th
the panel's Democratic chairman made that

00:52:54
announcement on Tuesday Representative
Jerrold Nadler the head of the Judiciary

00:52:58
panel and Representative Adam Schiff who
is the chairman of the intelligence panel

00:53:03
said in

00:53:03
a joint statement that Muller had agreed
to testify after the 2 committees issued

00:53:09
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1st 5 critically endangered Eastern black
rhinos are getting used to their new

00:54:37
homes in the car and Garren that
is park in Rwanda 3 female and 2

00:54:44
male rhinos from Burke rail of

00:54:46
a zoo in the Czech Republic Flamingo Land
in Britain and Republic safari in Denmark

00:54:53
1st met in the Czech Park in November
just Gruner is the manager of aka guaran

00:54:58
National Park he says

00:55:00
a rhino called Manny from the Czech Republic
is the oldest male that is the oldest

00:55:06
of the males we brought 2 males and 3 females
he's the oldest he was born in Czech

00:55:12
Republic involved. Then we have yes Mina
who was also born in check Republic it

00:55:18
through credit and then we have or not.
Who was brought up in an Flamingo Land.

00:55:26
In the U.K.

00:55:27
We have Mandela who was brought up being
Denmark and and we have yes he who was

00:55:32
also brought up being Czech Republic so 3
from the Czech Republic one from the U.K.

00:55:36
And one from Denmark and under the East
Africa Association of Zoos and Aquariums

00:55:42
European Association of Zoos and Aquariums
So the rhino population of Rwanda was

00:55:46
wiped out during the
genocide in the 1990 S.

00:55:49
More than 50 black rhinos lived
in the savannah habitat at

00:55:54
a park but their numbers declined due
to wide scale poaching. Last confirmed

00:56:00
sighting of a rhino in the park
2007 the 5 new occupants join

00:56:06
a group of 18 rhinos introduced into the
park in 2017 just Gruner says that I could

00:56:12
Garrett got the 5 because of its previous
success with reintroducing rhinos to the

00:56:17
wild we demonstrated that the
model of bringing rhinos back to

00:56:21
a could get it works it's sustainable
and our 18 miners have thrived within

00:56:27
a garret and no wonder they
are now 20 of them and

00:56:30
a saw and so what we do to look after these
animals so felt that this was the best

00:56:36
place to bring them within the African
continent Veronica varicose of

00:56:39
a patron of the rhinos from Europe to
Rwanda Project says that Rwanda's attitude

00:56:44
towards the endangered animals
made it the best choice there is

00:56:49
a huge commitment to conservation tourism
and security 1st and foremost and so that

00:56:54
was all those boxes got checked and it was
very easy decision to bring them here we

00:57:00
have to identify safe buckets and Africa
to bring these animals to their Some

00:57:06
countries. The animals are really struggling
because of the poaching this is not

00:57:13
the case and Rhonda want to take
this things extremely seriously it's

00:57:16
a national security and. Security of its
not natural wealth according to the

00:57:23
International Union for Conservation of
Nature the Eastern black rhino is in

00:57:28
critical danger of becoming extinct African
rhinos generally remain under intense

00:57:34
pressure from poachers who kill them to
meet demand for their horns in illegal

00:57:39
markets primarily in Vietnam and China.
And Lady Gaga brought an enthusiastic

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crowd to its feet for nearly 2 hours Monday
night at the famed Apollo Theater in

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Harlem and her 1st show in New York in 2
years and her 1st ever at the Apollo Gaga

00:57:56
unleashed

00:57:57
a 90 minute celebration that featured
multiple costume changes and her hits just

00:58:02
dance poker face 1000000 reasons
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00:58:07
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00:58:19
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00:58:27
News I'm Like A Rod's President Hassan
Rouhani is dismissing the new U.S.

00:58:33
Economic sanctions on Iran saying
President Trump is mentally disabled in

00:58:38
a speech Tuesday Rouhani also said sanctions
on the nation's top religious official

00:58:42
will do no damage because Ayatollah
Khomeini has no foreign assets and

00:58:47
a spokesperson for Iran's foreign minister
said sanctions on holiday and the

00:58:52
Foreign Minister Zarif would mean the
permanent closure of the path of the pumice E

00:58:58
Last week President Trump threatened military
force on Iran but changed his tactics

00:59:04
at the last minute opting for sanctions
instead the measures are meant as

00:59:08
retaliation for Iran's shooting
down of an unmanned U.S.

00:59:11
Drone that Iran says was in its airspace
United States says the drone wasn't an

00:59:16
international territory U.S.

00:59:18
Special Counsel Robert Muller who issued

00:59:21
a report in April on Russian meddling
in the 2016 presidential elections will

00:59:25
testify in open session before the
House of Representatives Judiciary and

00:59:29
Intelligence Committee on
July 17th the MacWrite

00:59:32
a chairman of the 2 panel said Miller greed
to testify after the 2 committees as

00:59:37
you'd subpoenas on Tuesday Miller has not
spoken publicly about his report since he

00:59:43
issued

00:59:43
a statement and made that the decision was
not to charge the President Trump was

00:59:48
difficult and that it was not clear he was
innocent of obstructing justice Miller

00:59:54
said if the special counsel's office had
certain had been certain that Trump did

00:59:59
not commit crimes it would have said so in
the report jump has been highly critical

01:00:04
of the process repeatedly calling the
investigation which on following the

01:00:09
announcement mother would testify before
the congressional committees trumps

01:00:12
another tweet saying presidential harassment
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Secretary of State my palm tayo has made
an unannounced trip to Afghanistan pump

01:00:30
AOE met with Afghan president Gunny to
discuss ongoing peace talks between the U.S.

01:00:36
And Taliban in my meeting with President
got. To agree these are exploring their

01:00:43
games in this new research platform.
Pump AOE was on his way to New Delhi for

01:00:49
meetings with the Indian prime minister
Narendra Modi and other officials the

01:00:54
stopover came before the 7th round
of peace talks between U.S.

01:00:57
And Taliban officials aimed at ending the
18 year old war they're scheduled to

01:01:02
resume on June 29th and cutter China is
hoping upcoming meeting between U.S.

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President Donald Trump and Chinese
President Xi Jinping will help build trust

01:01:13
deescalate the trade war between the 2
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