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Now playing Next USA Biden signs $1T infrastructure bill with bipartisan audience The president hopes to use the law to build back his popularity and says it will deliver jobs, clean water, high-speed internet and a clean energy future. 15/11/2021
Now playing Next world news Biden-Xi set virtual summit for Monday to discuss tensions US President Joe Biden and China's Xi Jinping will hold a much-anticipated virtual summit on Monday evening. 13/11/2021
Now playing Next world news Biden criticises Russia and China for not attending COP26 That's despite a UN report finding the US is planning to boost fossil fuel production in the coming decades. 03/11/2021
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Now playing Next no comment Joe Biden meets Pope Francis in Vatican U.S. President Joe Biden opened a five-day European trip Friday with an extended visit with Pope Francis at the Vatican, where the world’s two most prominent Roman Catholics ran overtime in talks expected to cover the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change, poverty and more. 29/10/2021
Now playing Next Italy Biden tells Macron US 'clumsy' in Australian submarine deal The meeting between Biden and Macron on Friday is their first since last month's announcement of an Australia-UK-US security pact in the Indo-Pacific that resulted in France losing a multi-billion submarine deal. 29/10/2021
Now playing Next China China vows no concessions on Taiwan after Biden comments China has recently upped its threat to bring Taiwan under its control by force if necessary by flying warplanes near the island and rehearsing beach landings. 22/10/2021
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Now playing Next USA US Congress votes to avert government shutdown The battle in Congress continues on how to raise the government's borrowing cap before the United States risks a potentially catastrophic default. 01/10/2021
Now playing Next Tech News Here's how the iPhone 13 makes you pay €300 for Apple screen repair A teardown of the new device found that Face ID stops working if anyone other than Apple replaces the screen, and it's all down to something called "part pairing". 27/09/2021
Now playing Next world news French ambassador to return to Washington after Macron-Biden talks In what could appear as a mea culpa from Washington, Biden and Macron said in a joint statement “that the situation would have benefitted from open consultations among allies on matters of strategic interest to France and our European partners." 22/09/2021
Now playing Next world news 'Donnez moi un break' Johnson tells France amid submarine deal outcry UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson told France to 'donnez moi un break' and get over its anger over the cancellation of a submarine deal between Paris and Canberra. 22/09/2021
Now playing Next Green News Biden is working with the EU to cut climate-wrecking methane emissions Methane is one of the most potent agents of climate damage, gushing up from countless uncapped oil and gas rigs. 20/09/2021
Now playing Next France France cancels meetings with UK and Australia over AUKUS row France canceled meetings with British and Australian officials after the cancellation of a multi-billion-euro order for French submarines. 20/09/2021
Now playing Next France Macron to speak with Biden on AUKUS fallout The discussion will be the first contact between the two states since France recalled its ambassadors to the US and Australia in an emerging diplomatic crisis. 19/09/2021
Now playing Next USA US marks 20 years since 9/11, in shadow of Afghan war's end The 9/11 anniversary commemoration at ground zero began with a tolling bell and a moment of silence, exactly 20 years after the start of the deadliest terror attack on US soil. 11/09/2021
Now playing Next USA 'Our patience is wearing thin': Biden announces new COVID-19 jab rules US President Joe Biden announced new coronavirus measures for 100 million federal workers and healthcare staff, about two-thirds of the American labour force on Friday. 10/09/2021
Now playing Next USA 'The world is in peril,' says Joe Biden as he inspects storm damage "The nation and the world are in peril, that’s not hyperbole. That is a fact. They've been warning us the extreme weather would get more extreme over the decade and we're living it in real-time now." 08/09/2021
Now playing Next USA Biden hails 'extraordinary success' of Kabul evacuation amid criticism Speaking from the White House, President Joe Biden defended the US pullout from Afghanistan as he faced criticism for his handling of the final evacuation. 31/08/2021