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Stock Markets Respond to Trump Healthcare Failure

World markets head lower on fears over President Trump's ability to achieve policy goals.

World markets head lower on fears over President Trump's ability to achieve policy goals. Professor David Cutler of Harvard University considers the prospects for promised tax cuts, following the failure of the US Congress to enact healthcare reform. Also in the programme, Britain's home secretary thinks technology companies should share the encryption secrets of communications platforms like WhatsApp in order to prevent terrorism. Alan Woodward is a cybersecurity expert at Britain's University of Surrey, and gives us his perspective. Meat sellers are on strike in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, because of a crackdown on illegal slaughterhouses. The Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ's Vineet Khare reports from the state. United Airlines reportedly banned two young girls from flying whilst wearing leggings, as they were on discounted tickets for families of staff. Jennifer Cox is a travel writer and broadcaster, and responds to the news. Plus Lucy Kellaway of the Financial Times tells us what the viral video of a Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ interview gone wrong says about the gap between our work personas and our private lives.

(Picture: Donald Trump addresses reporters in the Oval Office. Picture credit: Reuters.)

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Mon 27 Mar 2017 22:32GMT

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