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Trump signs order to ban foreign telecoms companies that pose security risk

The order does not name any company, but is believed to target Huawei.

The Chinese telecoms giant, Huawei, has warned that President Trump's order to ban cooperation with some foreign communication networks will leave the US lagging behind in 5G technology; Alabama has become the latest US state to move to restrict abortions by passing a bill to outlaw the procedure in almost all cases; and the Chinese Chang'e-4 rover may have confirmed a longstanding idea about the origin of a vast crater on the Moon's far side.

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