Trump's 'Big, Beautiful Bill' heads for final vote

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  Hello and welcome to World Business Report from the BBC World Service.

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  I'm Sam Fenwick.

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  Coming up today,

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  President Trump's massive budget bill is moving toward a final vote in the US House of Representatives.

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  We'll have the latest.

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  A new UN forum aims to bring hope to global South nations burdened with massive debt.

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  We've got close to half the continent that is experiencing a debt crisis with...

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  Countries allocating more to debt servicing than they are to things like education,

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  health, water and sanitation.

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  Also today, could Elon Musk's Starlink revive Lebanon's crumbling telecom sector?

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  So it's something really familiar in Lebanon to have like no electricity.

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  So this makes accessing the internet much harder.

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  But first today.

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  The US President Donald Trump's huge budget bill is heading for a final vote in the US House of Representatives.

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  Mr Trump has dubbed it the Big Beautiful Bill,

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  but the plan has faced delays in Congress over concerns that it will balloon the national debt and lead to cuts or underfunding in key areas like healthcare.

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  The two main political parties in the United States have very different opinions about the bill.

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  In a moment, we'll hear from Democrat Congressman Hakeem Jeffries, who opposes it.

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  But first, let's hear from Republican Congressman Jody Arrington from Texas.

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  This bill creates the right incentives for historic economic growth,

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