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What's next in Mueller's investigation, Mexico gets a new president and Disney's 'Moana' is translated into Hawaiian

What's next for the Russia probe? Ranking Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee Adam Schiff clues us in. Also, what does it mean for the Trump admistration's trade and immigration policies when Mexico officially gets a new president on Saturday? Plus, a new version of the hit Disney film "Moana" is being translated into Hawaiian to help young people reconnect with the language.

An explosion at a military arms depot is seen after it was hit by a Saudi-led air strike on the Nuqom Mountain overlooking Yemen's capital Sanaa, October 14, 2016.

Yemenis don't believe the US Senate can end their civil war

The Senate voted to consider a halt to military support for Saudi Arabia. Here in the US, peace activists are celebrating. But in Yemen, folks are more circumspect.

The Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Trump’s tariffs cause headaches for his own industry: hotels

President Donald Trump's tariffs are impacting a wide range of American industries, including one close to home for the president— hotels.

A person holds tear gas canisters and shot guns shells all tied on to a string

The global tear gas business is booming. It's complicated.

Use of tear gas has steadily risen around the world. But odds are, a lot of those silver canisters come from a factory in Jamestown, Pennsylvania, home to just over 600 people, and the uptick in sales has helped the community.

A man has milk splashed into his eyes to wash out tear gas.

A tear gas factory in Pennsylvania, G-20 convenes in Argentina, reggae is a cultural treasure

US President Donald Trump and other world leaders are gathering in Argentina for the G-20 Summit and among the group is Saudi Arabia's controversial crown prince Mohammed bin Salman. Plus, a factory in Pennsylvania produces tear gas canisters used all around the globe. And the United Nations announces the newest addition to its list of global intangible cultural treasures — reggae.

A poppy farmer stands in front of a poppy plant and talks with a mic in his hand.

Could decriminalization of Mexico’s poppy farms reduce drug-cartel violence?

Decriminalization of the poppy trade in Mexico's Guerrero state may alleviate the catastrophic violence related to drug cartels vying for territory. But some say the plan does not have the best interests of poppy growers at heart.

Iwao Hakamada sit I with a window behind him

Free after five decades on death row, a Japanese man may be forced to return

Iwao Hakamada, 82, spent nearly five decades on death row — thought to be the world record — for a quadruple murder that evidence suggests he did not commit. A prosecutor appealed the ruling that freed him in 2014 and Hakamada could return to death row if he loses his appeal before the Japanese Supreme Court.

A sign seen through a windshield says "Welcome." It is marking the entrance to a FARC camp in Colombia.

Former FARC fighters turn a camp into a tourist attraction

Fighters get $200 a month as a stipend as they reintegrate into Colombian society but those payments won't last forever, so some are turning to tourism and creating FARC museums to earn a living.

Proposed ‘public charge’ rule change stirs confusion over green card eligibility

Immigrant parents are pulling their children from health and nutrition programs because they're afraid that participating in them could prevent them from getting their green cards.

The longest-serving death row prisoner, designer babies, Spongebob Squarepants around the world

Today on The World: A Dutch railroad company will compensate individuals whose Jewish relatives were deported on its trains to Nazi death camps. The decade-long civil war in Colombia ended and that's led former fighters to seek new careers. And the popularity of Spongebob Squarepants around the world. Those stories, and the news, today on The World.

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