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The World in Brief from The Economist
Senate passes government-funding bill; Donald Trump threatens BBC, and more
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The measure, approved by 60-40 with support from most Republicans and eight Democrats. Also, Donald Trump threatened to sue the BBC for $1bn in damages unless it retracted a “defamatory” documentary that appeared to selectively edit one of his speeches, as well as apologise and pay compensation.
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