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Trump reportedly set to pick Barrett

26/09/2020 GMT

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Trump is poised to tap Barrett for the Supreme Court; colleagues of Charlie Hebdo victims

President Trump is reported to have picked his replacement for the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

Also,we hear from a colleague of the two people attacked in front of the Charlie Hebdo building in Paris yesterday.

Joining Paul Henley to discuss these and other issues are Lisa Millar, a journalist and broadcaster for the ABC network in Australia. She co-presents the 'News Breakfast' programme on ABC television, and Afzal Ashraf, an expert on defence, security, and international relations at the University of Nottingham here in the UK.

(Picture: The flag-draped casket of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg under the Portico of the U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington, U.S. Credit: Reuters)

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