US government shutdown grounds thousands of flights

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  $150 million of hurricane relief for Jamaica.

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  Hurricane Melissa has made landfall with sustained winds of 185 miles per hour.

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  Such magnitude that even a proposed safety net might not be enough.

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  It's World Business Report from the BBC World Service.

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  This is Andrew Peach on the way the World Bank's vice president tells us how financial markets can help to address disaster risk.

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  Also today,

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  2,000 flight delays and cancellations in the US as air traffic controllers are taken out by the government shut down.

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  And a trillion dollar pay packet for Elon Musk raises questions about executive rewards.

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  start in the US where 2,000 flights have either been delayed or cancelled because of the continuing government shutdown,

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  the impact that's having on air traffic controllers.

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  They've either been working unpaid until now.

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  started calling in six, started to take other jobs, in fact,

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  with devastating consequences on the aviation industry,

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  which are only going to get worse as time continues.

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  The Senate is expected to vote again on a Republican proposal to resume government funding,

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  although no one really expects the Democrats and Republicans to cooperate sufficiently for it to pass yet.

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  This is the reaction of some of the people in the Reagan National Airport in Arlington, Virginia.

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  I think the government should reopen.

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  This is an awfully long time,

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  and I don't understand if the Republicans have all three branches of government,

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