Japan’s Chief Cabinet Secretary Suga set to replace Abe as PM; US Congress divided on covid relief fund; Israel to implement three-week lockdown

16/09/2020 7 min

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Episode Synopsis

In today’s episode, we discuss the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan’s mandate selecting Yoshihide Suga to replace Shinzo Abe as Prime Minister of Japan, and what can be expected from the 71-year-old to revive the world’s third-largest economy from its financial slowdown, examine a coronavirus relief bill that threatens another government shutdown in the US, and talk about criticism against Israel’s three-week lockdown due to surging coronavirus cases.

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