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President Trump has made a TV address from The Oval Office to press his case for a wall on the southern border between the US and Mexico.

特朗普总统在椭圆形办公室发表了电视讲话 重申了他在美墨南部边境之间建造边境墙的主张

It was an election campaign promise but he insisted then Mexico would pay for it.

这是他竞选总统时的承诺 但当时他坚称将由墨西哥来支付这笔费用

Now he wants billions of dollars from Congress instead and the political row over that has partially shut down the government, leaving hundreds of thousands of federal employees without pay.

现在他想让国会拿出这几十亿美元来 关于此事的政治纠纷已导致部分政府部门关闭 让几十万联邦雇员拿不到薪资

After the president, a broadcast response from the Democrats in Congress.

继总统之后 国会民主党人做出了广播回应

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer, minority leader in the Senate accused the president of malice and urged him to reopen the government as soon as possible.

众议院发言人南希·佩洛西和参议院少数党领袖查克·舒默指控总统有恶意预谋 并敦促他尽快重开政府

MPs have defeated the British government and passed a vote that may make a No Deal Brexit less likely.

议会成员战胜英国政府 通过了降低“无协议”脱欧可能性的投票

The House of Commons has voted to limit the government's tax raising powers if the UK leaves the European Union without a formal agreement.

下议院投票表明 如果英国在没有正式协议的情况下脱离欧盟 则政府提高税收的权力将受到限制

Ministers say the change is minor and technical.

内阁部长称此举是技术上的微小变动