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World in 60 Seconds - November 27, 2018

Theresa May is unlikely to get her Brexit deal through Parliament. Will it sink her Premiership as well? It's World in 60 Seconds with Ian Bremmer! And go deeper on topics like cybersecurity and artificial intelligence at Microsoft Today in Technology.

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China is conducting near-daily military exercises in the Taiwan Strait and the risk of conflict is getting higher. Could Beijing and Taipei be heading toward war? Ian Bremmer sits down with Bonny Lin, director of the China Power Project at CSIS.

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