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Express Briefings: Tony Abbott, BBC Proms, and More

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This Week: Australia's foreign relations bill faces increasing criticism from within, with critics decrying it as 'Sinophobic'. The bill, which seeks to give the Foreign Minister the power to cancel any trade deals made by state governments, was widely seen as being aimed at the Victoria State government's participation in the Belt and Road Initiative, seen as undermining federal government policy. The UK's BBC has been facing a turbulent few weeks, after reports that the BBC's Last Night of the Proms would not be playing 'Rule Britannia!' and "Land of Hope and Glory' due to alleged links to colonialism. After a barrage of criticism, the BBC reversed its decision. Our Int'l Editor George Duff has written on the BBC's status in the UK and the decision itself . US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is under fire by President Trump and his Republican allies for visiting a hair salon without a mask on. Pelosi was accused of hypocrisy, having called...