US government shutdown as job cut warnings grow |Gaza- bound flotilla intercepted by Israel
Federal workers across the US are facing mounting financial uncertainty, with millions going without pay. The White House has warned mass job cuts could follow, as the political standoff over the shutdown intensifies. On top of that, the Trump administration has frozen $26 billion earmarked for Democrat-leaning states – prompting accusations the president is using the shutdown to punish rivals while tightening control over the nation’s $7 trillion budget.
00:00 Millions of US government workers hit by the effects of a shutdown.
03:58 Australians among those onboard a Gaza-bound flotilla intercepted by Israel’s navy.
07:03 The Internet is back on in Afghanistan, after it was shut down by the Taliban.
07:39 PNG’s cabinet signs off on the landmark Pukpuk security treaty with Australia
10:02 Jane Goodall, one of the world’s most admired primatologists and conservationists has died
12:46 The death toll from 6.9-magnitude earthquake in Cebu rises with tens of thousands displaced
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