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World Business Report: First broadcast 2018/08/09 22:32 GMT: US to Establish Space Force

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First broadcast 2018/08/09 22:32 GMT

First broadcast 2018/08/09 22:32 GMT: US to Establish Space Force

US to Establish Space Force

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Vice President Mike Pence announced plans for a sixth branch of the American military

Vice President Mike Pence announced plans to create a sixth branch of the American military by 2020.

Vice President Mike Pence has announced plans to create a sixth branch of the American military by 2020. We hear about the practical considerations from Todd Harrison, Director of the Aerospace Security Project at the Center for Strategic & International Studies in Washington DC. Also in the programme, in the wake of the Salisbury poisoning, new US sanctions on Russia have been announced. We get reaction from the US-born British financier Bill Browder, who is head of Hermitage Capital, and a long-time anti-Putin campaigner. We hear from the author of a new book about the continuing fallout of the 1MDB scandal in Malaysia. Plus, New York has enacted legislation to limit the number of Uber drivers operating on the city streets, and introduce a minimum wage for them. Our reporter in New York brings us the details.

(Picture: US Vice President Mike Pence speaking about plans for a US space force. Credit: EPA)

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