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Dilma Rousseff in Key Senate Hearing

Brazil's suspended president has defended her record during her impeachment trial.

Brazil's suspended president Dilma Rousseff has made a last-ditch effort in the country's Senate to avoid being impeached. The ´óÏó´«Ã½â€™s Daniel Gallas reports. Germany’s economy minister Sigmar Gabriel says negotiations for a new EU-US trade deal have failed. Gary Huffbauer, a trade expert at the Petersen Institute, gives us his view from Washington. ‘A painful chapter is now coming to an end’ - the words of Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos as he signed a decree to halt military operations against left wing rebels - the Farc. Rupert Stebbings of BanColombia in Medellin tells us what it might mean for the country’s economy. The ´óÏó´«Ã½â€™s George Thomas looks at how steam railway travel is revitalising parts the south-west of England. And we spend so much time at work, in a supposedly professional environment. Our regular commentator Lucy Kellaway of the Financial Times thinks we’re not nice enough to our colleagues – any why she thinks technology could be to blame. (Photo: Dilma Rousseff. Credit: Igo Estrela/Getty Images)

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