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african union. the bbc‘s kalkidan yibeltal sent us this report from the ethiopian capital addis ababa. ethiopia has been a key us partner in fighting terrorism, particularly in tackling the threat of al—shabaabts military presence in africa. also on the agenda will be the $5 billion us renaissance dam, which is currently under construction in western ethiopia, and causing conflicts with another us ally, egypt. the us and world bank are mediating talks to find a solution, but compromise does not appear to come easy. this is outside source live from the bbc newsroom. our lead story... two planes carrying hundreds of us citizens from a coronavirus—hit cruise ship injapan have arrived in the us. the ship, with some 3,700 passengers and crew, has been in quarantine for two weeks. here's the other stories from the wc world service. —— bbc world service... the speaker of the us house of representatives nancy pelosi has been warning european officials against allowing the chinese firm huawei to build 5g communications networks. she's told officials in brussels said it would be like putting the chinese state police in the pocket of everyone who uses the information highway. the authorities in ireland