Have the latest on president are the ones controversial decision to change the world famous monuments back into a mosque. Im Claire Richards and welcome to the show we begin in the u. S. Where a Government Order forcing the closure of the chinese consulate in Houston Texas has just taken effect a convoy of vehicles was seen outside the building and there are reports that a group of men who appear to be u. S. Officials are forcing open the back door of the u. S. Alleges that chinese agents tried to steal data from medical facilities in texas china calls the claims of malicious slander its responded by ordering the u. S. To close its consulate in the southwestern city of chengdu the escalating diplomatic spat comes as relations between the 2 countries are at their lowest point in decades. It was less a question of if china would retaliate but rather how and the answer is the u. S. Has been told to close its conscience and chain to. Raising the stakes yet further and this diplomatic stand
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