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20/01/2018 GMT

US Government Shuts Down After Senate Vote

BBC World Service - Weekend, US Government Shuts Down After Senate Vote

The US Senate has voted down a government bill to extend the funding of federal agencies

The US Senate has voted down a government bill to extend the funding of federal agencies.

The US government is approaching a federal shutdown after the Senate failed to agree on a new budget; US Vice President, Mike Pence, begins his Middle East visit in Egypt; and the authorities in Bangladesh say they have now counted more than a million Rohingya refugees living in camps near the border with Myanmar.

(Image: The U.S. Capitol. Credit: Aaron P. Bernstein/Getty Images)

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