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Weekend: US Congress passes $1.2 trillion infrastructure package

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US Congress passes $1.2 trillion infrastructure package

06/11/2021 GMT

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The US Congress has passed a landmark $1.2 trillion infrastructure package

The US Congress has passed a landmark $1.2 trillion infrastructure package.

President Biden's one trillion dollar infrastructure bill has finally been approved by the US House of Representatives, the final stage in its legislative progress before it's signed into law. 

Also, the United Nations Security Council calls for an end to the fighting in Ethiopia and for all parties to refrain from inflammatory hate speech and incitement to violence. 

Plus, the US pharmaceutical company Pfizer says clinical trials of its experimental anti-COVID pill - Paxlovid - show it can cut the risk of hospitalisation or death from the disease by nearly ninety per cent.

Joining Julian Worricker to discuss these and other issues are Rebecca Willis, a professor of energy and climate governance at the University of Lancaster here in England; and Alex Andreou, Greek-born actor, writer and broadcaster based in London.

(Image: The American flag flies outside the U.S. Capitol before sunrise in Washington, D.C., U.S. Credit: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg)

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