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Tiktokers have been arrested in Ethiopia after an award ceremony for creatives.
They're accused of undermining public morality and wearing indecent attire.
So why did their outfits spark so much controversy?
And what do these arrests tell us about Ethiopia's cultural norms?
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I'm Julian Morica.
So it's deadline day in the United States,
the day when the Department of Justice in Washington is legally obliged to release highly anticipated documents about the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
And that release has begun to happen in the last few minutes.
It's worth saying the path to today's deadline has not been smooth.
Prior to winning the presidential election last November,
Donald Trump said he would publish all the Epstein files.
But then he was accused of dragging his feet on the subject,
going as far as describing calls for their release as a Democrat hoax.
But his hand was forced when Congress passed a bill with Republican support requiring the Justice Department to release the files by today,