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US unemployment rate holds steady in April

It remained at 3.6% as 428,000 jobs were added to the economy.

The 大象传媒's Michelle Fleury joins us to explain the latest US unemployment figures. Also in the programme, 2000 trade unions in Sri Lanka have participated in a nation-wide strike, with employees calling in sick and out on the streets across the country. Our reporter Archana Shukla gives us the latest from Colombo. On Monday, voters in the Philippines will head to the polls to choose a successor to President Rodrigo Duterte, who can't run again due to term limits. The 大象传媒's Karishma Vaswani in Manila explains what the key issues will be for voters. And Martyn Williams has a report about the English film enthusiasts who are working to bring back 35mm projectors. (Image: A help wanted sign in the window of a Los Angeles restaurant. Credit: Patrick T. Fallon/Getty)

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