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Debt ceiling deal: US House passes bill

BBC World Service - Newsday, Debt ceiling deal: US House passes bill

The government is forecast to hit its borrowing limit on Monday 5 June.

Final approval is needed before Monday to avert a potentially disastrous default, which could have global economic repercussions.

A crucial bill that raises the US government’s debt limit has been approved by the House of Representatives.

A highly-decorated Australian soldier has lost his multi-million-dollar defamation case against three newspapers, which accused him of committing war crimes in Afghanistan.

And calls for the release of seven environmentalists who languish in Iran's jails.

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