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Here is a brief look at Press TV newsroom's headlines from 1800 GMT, January 14, 2019 to 0800 GMT, January 15, 2019.

Zimbabwe protests

Anti-government protests in Zimbabwe have turned deadly as the government deployed military units to suppress public outcry against hike in fuel prices. Zimbabwe’s security minister said acts of violence by protesters resulted in the loss of life and property including injury to police officers and members of the public. Owen Ncube added investigations were underway to determine those responsible without giving numbers or the identities of the dead. Ncube accused the opposition and civil society organizations of being behind the crisis. Angry Zimbabweans took to the streets in the capital Harare and the main city of Bulawayo on Monday. They denounced President Emmerson Menan-gagwa’s decision for a massive rise in gas prices. Menan-gagwa insists the move is necessary to stem the country’s deepening economic crisis.

US government shutdown

The United States’ partial government shutdown drags into its fourth consecutive week as President Donald Trump and Democrats fail to settle their scores over funding a border wall. The stalemate has led to the closure of at least 25 percent of the federal operation since December 22. Air travelers have also had to wait for more than an hour to get through domestic checkpoints at Atlanta airport. The shutdown has also put on hold the Federal Aviation Administration approval of aircraft. Trump is demanding five-point-seven billion dollars from Congress for building a border wall with Mexico. The US president has warned that the partial shutdown will continue unless he receives the money.

Greece protest

In Greece, teachers and students have clashed with police during a protest against a government bill to apply new employment policy in the public education sector. Demonstrators tried to break through a heavy police barricade outside Parliament in the capital Athens. Police in riot gear and masks used tear gas and batons to push back protesters who were charging with sticks and fire extinguishers. Teachers decried the government's plans to hire temporary educators. They said the policy is unfair to those with years of experience.

US-Mexico border security

The Pentagon says the US military will extend a mission to support security along the country’s border with Mexico through September 30. In a statement, the defense department confirmed the extension was at a request from the US Homeland Security Department. The deployment was previously authorized through January by former Defense Secretary Jim Mattis. There are over twenty-three hundred troops assigned to the border mission. President Donald Trump ordered the deployment in October last year. That’s against the recent influx in asylum seekers on the border. The migrants, mainly from Central America, say they are fleeing violence and poverty in their home countries. But Trump, who calls them criminals, has pledged to block their entry into the US.

Iran space mission

Iran says a technical problem prevented the successful launching of its new satellite into space. Minister of Communications, Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi, says Payam satellite did not gain adequate speed after separating from the launcher and failed to slip into orbit. Payam is the latest Iranian domestically-built satellite, equipped with cameras that can take images. The images could be used in assessing weather conditions and agriculture. The minister of communications says Iran is working to produce another satellite identical to Payam. He says the new satellite is called Zafar and will become operational in September.

Brexit row

Lawmakers in the United Kingdom are to vote on whether to back Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit deal with the European Union. Voting at the parliament is scheduled to take place at 19-hundred GMT after five days of debate. MPs are likely to decide on a number of amendments before the vote, which could seek to change or kill the agreement. In the event of a defeat, the government must set out what happens next by Monday at the latest. May has called for politicians to back her deal or risk letting the British people down. She says parliament’s possible rejection of her Brexit deal with the EU would be a subversion of democracy. Opposition Labour Leader, Jeremy Corbyn, has pledged to table a motion of no-confidence in the government if the deal is rejected by lawmakers.

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