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Apr 2
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Trump's tariff announcement

Bbc World Service
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The head of the European Central Bank says Donald Trump's sweeping new tariffs - to be announced later - will have a negative impact across the world. Christine Lagarde said the damage would depend on the extent of the tariffs. But what might President Trump's tariffs mean for the global economy? We hear from Roberto Azevedo, a former director general of the World Trade Organization.

Also, the American actor, Val Kilmer, who appeared in Top Gun, The Doors and Batman Forever, has died at the age of sixty-five. We will look back at his life and career.

And a new British exhibition reveals MI5 secrets and spy gadgets!

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