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Two undercover investigators, posing as sex workers spent months infiltrating the sex trade in the town of Maai Mahiu. The expose by BBC Africa Eye shows how women, known as "madams" have involved children as young as 13 in prostitution in Kenya. Hear reporter, Njeri Mwangi, narrate the details of the story.

Also, the United States last week announced new tariff rates for dozens of African countries. What does Malawi, Nigeria and Ghana and Libya export and how will these new taxes change things?

And how are Nigerians reacting to the comments made by the UK's Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch, who has said she no longer identifies as Nigerian?

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Texas Democrats flee to Illinois to block the vote on a restricting plan. Western wildfires. New hire after jobs rfeport firing. CBS News Correspondent Cami McCormick has today's World News Roundup.

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New and higher import tariffs are set to take effect this week, but Mexico got a 90 day reprieve, causing uncertainty among companies who rely on cross-border business. Also, President Trump is working to reach a deal to bring Israeli hostages home, as international pressure grows to stop the starvation and bombardment in Gaza.

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A.M. Edition for Aug 4. China has gained leverage over the U.S. military supply chains by choking off the exports of critical minerals to Western defense companies. The WSJ’s Jon Emont explains how these restrictions from China will have significant consequences for the U.S. military. Plus, the Trump administration defends the president’s decision to fire the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, following Friday’s weaker-than-expected jobs numbers. And, dozens of Texas House Democrats flee the state in a bid to block Republican plans to redraw the state’s congressional map. Azhar Sukri hosts.

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Donald Trump’s mission to bend higher education to his will maintains its sharpest focus on Harvard. Will the venerable university settle—and should it? Our correspondents meet with France’s top general, who believes Russia will threaten Europe sooner than many people think. And a look at how satire changes when politics is beyond parody and its practitioners cannot be shamed. 

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President Trump fires the official who published a disappointing jobs report. Texas Democrats flee the state to stymie efforts to change congressional district maps. And a government agency investigates former Special Counsel Jack Smith. 

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Alabama

• 200 members of National Guard in Foley deployed to country of Egypt
• 3 Faith leaders in AL sign onto letter to Trump re: mail order abortion drugs
• AL Public Television to radically reprogram after big cuts to PBS & NPR
• ALGOP approves bylaw to stop a Republican from appointing a Democrat
• Family of Jabari Peoples likely to see body camera footage this week
• Samford University and its secret DEI policies discussed in latest 1819 News podcast

National

• US Senate confirms Jeanine PIrro as US attorney for Washington DC
• Investigation now underway re: Special Counsel Jack Smith & Hatch Act
• Sen. Grassley says FBI was weaponized and docs in burn bags prove it
• Legal analyst Greg Jarrett says hidden burn bag docs reset the clock on conspiracy and statute of limitations
• TX Democrats dramatically flee state in order to avoid special session that favors GOP congressional districts
• HHS secretary's recommendation to remove mercury from flu vaccine now fully underway at CDC

On today’s Top News in 10, we cover:

• Some Democrats and Legacy Media are rushing to admit they were wrong about the first six months of Trump.
• President Trump & Senate Majority Leader Thune fight Minority Leader Schumer over nominations and recess.
• Texas Democrats are fleeing from their “gerrymandering” colleagues to… Illinois.

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The news to know for Monday, August 4, 2025!

We’re talking about the big cracks starting to show up in the labor market, and why President Trump says not to believe the data. 

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Frank Mong of Helium reveals how blockchain-powered hotspots and shared infrastructure are disrupting traditional telecom to build a decentralized, user-owned wireless network.

In this episode of Gen C, Frank Mong, COO of Helium, unpacks how blockchain, crypto incentives and shared infrastructure are transforming global connectivity. From early IoT use cases and crypto hotspots to major telco partnerships, Helium is decentralizing the internet one user owned network at a time. Their approach is creating an open, affordable and community-driven wireless network that puts power back in users hands.

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