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26/06/2019 GMT

Democrats approve $4.5bn aid for border migrants

BBC World Service - World Update, Democrats approve $4.5bn aid for border migrants

US House of Representatives approves funds for migrants in border detention

The US House of Representatives has approved four and a half billion dollars in aid to address the migrant crisis at the Mexican border.  

The funds are to be directed towards overcrowded and dirty detention centres that have provoked an outcry. But the bill could be vetoed.

Also on the programme: protesters in Hong Kong continue to pressurise legislators over a controversial extradition bill; and could a robot do your job?

(Photo: protests in Texas, Credit: Getty Images)

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