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Friday News Roundup - International

This photo from North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) taken on December 23, 2017 and released on December 24, 2017 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un during the 5th Conference of the Workers' Party of Korea Cell Chairpersons.
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This photo from North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) taken on December 23, 2017 and released on December 24, 2017 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un during the 5th Conference of the Workers' Party of Korea Cell Chairpersons.

Free trade fears are causing concern worldwide.

America is cautiously optimistic as North and South Korea get ready to talk.

A Russian ex-spy and his daughter are poisoned with a nerve agent on a park bench in England.

And sexist behavior could get you fined in France.

We catch up on the week’s biggest international headlines.

GUESTS

Nathan Guttman, Washington correspondent, Israeli Public TV and The Forward; @nathanguttman

Jennifer Williams, Deputy foreign editor, Vox; co-host of Vox’s foreign affairs podcast, “Worldly”; @jenn_ruth

David Rennie, Washington bureau chief, The Economist; @DSORennie

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