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Tuesday, 11 June 2019


Chinese-made drones may be great tools for fire departments and other first responders, but some fear the drones are sending sensitive information back to China. VOA talked with one California fire department to get their perspective.

On This Day in American History

On June 11, 1986, the movie Ferris Bueller’s Day Off is released. The film chronicles a day of high school slacker Ferris Bueller, played by Matthew Broderick, who skips school and explores Chicago with his girlfriend and best friend. The comedy, which was directed by John Hughes, pulled in over $70 million and only cost about $5.8 million to make. The movie is widely considered a classic, and in 2014, it was selected for preservation in the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress, being “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant.”

U.S. President Donald Trump faced questions Monday afternoon about his recent deal with Mexico to control immigration, but provided little clarity on what he said were undisclosed portions of the agreement.

It’s 17 months until the 2020 U.S. presidential election, but Tuesday in Iowa might feel like voting is near, with both Republican President Donald Trump and former Democratic Vice President Joe Biden, holding rallies in the midwestern farm state.

VIDEO: The United States has expressed concern about proposed amendments to Hong Kong laws that would allow crime suspects to be extradited to mainland China for prosecution. A spokeswoman for the State Department told reporters Monday that peaceful demonstrations of hundreds of thousands in Hong Kong on Sunday clearly show the public’s opposition to the proposed amendments. Hong Kong’s leader is determined to push ahead with the controversial amendments.

A pro-Kremlin Russian TV network is planning to air a mini-series about Chernobyl, suggesting a CIA saboteur was behind the 1986 Soviet-era nuclear disaster in Ukraine, which left up to a million people exposed to radiation.

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