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	Podcast:		Business Matters
	Episode:		US Supreme Court Backs Trump Travel Ban
	Category:		Business
	Duration:		00:54:18
	Publish Date:		2018-06-26 20:23:00
	Description:		The court has given decisive legal backing to the ban on visitors from several mainly Muslim nations. We examine what this means for visitors to the United States. Also, the US has demanded that its allies halt oil imports from Iran before sanctions are reintroduced in November. The BBC's Kim Gittleson is in New York. We look ahead to Sunday's presidential election in Mexico. Plus, we have a report from Indonesia where a timber plantation is threatening a peat swamp forest, home to one of the largest populations of critically endangered orangutans. Meanwhile, US authorities have approved a medical drug derived from marijuana, which treats epilepsy. David Abernathy teaches the Economics of Cannabis at Oaksterdam University in California. Fergus Nicoll is joined by Andy Uhler of US public radio's Marketplace programme from Austin, Texas, and Jyoti Malhotra, Editor, National & Strategic Affairs with ThePrint website in New Delhi. (Picture: Protesters gather outside the US Supreme Court after it upheld President Donald Trump's travel ban on several primarily Muslim nations. Credit: Getty Images)
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