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US shutdown set to enter record sixth week

US shutdown set to enter record sixth week

Update: 2025-11-03
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The US government’s been shut down for more than a month now, and if it carries on past this Wednesday it will become the longest shutdown in US history. A group of 500 leading travel-related businesses have signed a letter asking Congress to end the month-long impasse, citing worries about the holiday travel season.



Meanwhile, Lithuania's truckers’ association says some 2,000 vehicles are stranded in Belarus after the border was closed in response to last week's airspace disruption, when dozens of balloons loaded with illegal cigarettes in Belarus forced the temporary closure of Lithuania's two main airports. The EU denounced the incidents as a hybrid attack.



And India is celebrating victory in the women’s cricket World Cup. The team has made history not just on the pitch but financially too.



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US shutdown set to enter record sixth week

US shutdown set to enter record sixth week

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