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US 25% tariffs on foreign car imports

Mr Trump said this would spur growth in the US car industry

President Trump has announced a twenty- five percent tariff on all foreign cars imported into the United States. Mr Trump signed an executive order, which he said would 'spur growth' in the US car manufacturing industry, and reduce car prices. We'll get a view from Canada.

President Volodymyr Zelensky has told the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ he hopes the United States will stay strong in the face of Russian demands to lift sanctions as a condition for a ceasefire in the Black Sea.

In South Sudan the First Vice President Riek Machar has been arrested. The United Nations says this could see a return to civil war in the country. We'll speak to an official for Mr Machar.

Presenters: James Copnall and Lukwesa Burak

(Photo:Trucks are parked at the Ford Hermosillo Stamping and Assembly Plant, Mexico. Credit: Santiago Fontes/Reuters)

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