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主持人许钦铎，John Artman，和光芒君。
光芒君：
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Republicans have gained control of the U.S. Senate and secured their biggest majority in the House of Representatives in more than 60 years.
“We are going to function. This gridlock and dysfunction can be ended. It can be ended by having a Senate that actually…(Clears his throat) …that actually works."
The discussion of a Free Trade Area in the Asia-Pacific tops this year’s APEC agenda.
“we've talking about the Free Trade Area for Asia Pacific, global supply chains,we also want to talk about regulatory reform and we are going to talk about connecting the economies of the region."
Jordan has recalled its ambassador to Israel.
“So the decision was taken to recall the Jordanian ambassador from Tel Aviv for consultation."
AND The National Health and Family Planning Commission has announced that China has no plans to further relax its one-child policy.
“From the aspect of reproduction, the policy's impact is lagging behind. We don't expect to notice big changes for at least the next two or three years.”
Now our global survey of headlines
First up, in Asia,
In South Korea, three relatives of the late shipping company owner blamed for South Korea's Sewol ferry disaster have been given jail sentences for embezzlement.
In Pakistan, police have arrested at least 43 suspects in connection with Tuesday's killing of a Christian couple accused of desecrating the Koran.
In Oceania,
In Australia, a state memorial service has been held in Sydney for former Prime Minister Gough Whitlam, who died on October 21 at the age of 98.
Staying in the country, the unemployment rate has held steady at 6.2 per cent as over 24,000 jobs were added last month.
In New Zealand, about 36 pilot whales that had become stranded in the Eastern Bay of Plenty have died.
Moving on to Africa,
In Burkina Faso, political parties have agreed that the country's political transition could last a year, followed by elections in November 2015.
In Kenya, A moderate Muslim cleric has been shot dead by gunmen in the coastal city of Mombasa.
And in the Middle East,
In Israel, Jerusalem's municipal Planning and Construction Committee authorized on Wednesday a plan to build 278 houses in East Jerusalem, the second of such move this week.
In Egypt, two policemen were killed and 15 people injured on Wednesday night during after a bomb exploded at a railway station in Nile Delta province of Minufiya.
In Syria, the Islamic State (IS) militant group executed a total of 17 Syrians over the past three days in the country's eastern province of Deir al-Zour.
Looking to Latin America,
In Brazil, authorities are investigating reports that off-duty policemen killed nine people on Tuesday night in the northern city of Belem in revenge attacks
In Mexico, thousands of Mexicans have been marching through the streets of Mexico City to protest against the pace of investigations on the whereabouts of 43 missing student teachers.
And in Europe,
In Russia, Russia has told the United States that it will not attend a 2016 nuclear security summit.
In Ukraine, two teenagers died and four were wounded when an artillery shell hit a school playing field in eastern Ukraine.
And finally in North America,
In Canada, Prime Minister Stephen Harper has left for China to start a five-day official visit and attend the APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting.
In the US, President Barack Obama is to ask Congress for $6.2bn to fight Ebola in West Africa and to avoid it spreading in the US.
That's our global survey of headlines.
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