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US Congress passes Covid aid package

The US Congress has passed a long-awaited $900bn package of coronavirus pandemic aid.

The US Congress has passed a long-awaited $900bn package of coronavirus pandemic aid. We get reaction from Carlos Gazitua, who runs the Sergio's chain of Cuban-American restaurants across Florida. And Diane Schanzenbach, director of the Institute for Policy Research at Northwestern University in Chicago, tells us whether the aid bill is likely to be effective. Also in the programme, in light of a case reaching the US Supreme Court which examines whether multinationals should be held accountable for the working conditions of people in other countries who help make their products, the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ's Mike Johnson reports on the global chocolate industry, and the plight of some cocoa workers, both children and adults, who have been trafficked across borders. Plus, we find out how the pandemic has impacted ticket sales for the world's biggest lottery, El Gordo, which was drawn today in Spain.

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