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My name is Lee Hawkins.

I've been a journalist for over 25 years. On my new podcast, What Happened in Alabama,

I get answers to some of the hardest questions about how things came to be for many black Americans and the truth that must come

before any reconciliation can happen. I investigate my family history, my upbringing

in Minnesota, and my father's painful nightmares about growing up in Alabama.

What happened in Alabama is a new series confronting the cycles of trauma for myself, my family, and for many black Americans.

Listen now. A foreign funding law in Georgia has brought protesters to the streets.

Hello, this is the Marketplace Morning Report and we're live from the BBC World Service.

I'm the Anna Byrne.

But first, the White House has confirmed the United States is putting tariffs on 18 billion

dollars worth of imports from China.

They'll target sectors like electric vehicles, batteries, steel and critical minerals.

Now, to Georgia in Eastern Europe.

Today... Eastern Europe. Today politicians in Georgia are voting on a law restricting foreign investment in the country.

The laws so controversial, tens of thousands of people have been protesting in the streets.

The BBC's Right-hand Dimitri is in the capital to Blee C. Hello?

Hello?

I just really want to know what this foreign influence bill is and why it's so

controversial. The gist of this law is that it would target Georgia's

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