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Macklemore kicks off Free Palestine tour; Xi gathers cadres

The three tour shows are fundraisers for twelve recipient organisations, with stops in Paris and London next; the guest lineup is still being finalised.

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  1. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorMacklemore has kicked off his Free Palestine tour, telling the crowd, according to Al Jazeera, that being human is not complicated.

  2. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorIt's his first show since he was dropped from Ed Sheeran's supporting slot over pro-Palestinian comments onstage, according to Al Jazeera.

  3. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorDoes the money go to anyone specific?

  4. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorAll proceeds from the three shows go to twelve organisations, the organiser says, and Paris and London come next.

  5. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorIt's billed as Macklemore and Friends. Who are the friends?

  6. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThe guest lineup is still being finalised.

  7. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorIn Beijing, Xi Jinping opens four days of closed-door talks with the Central Committee, with discipline on the agenda.

  8. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThe Asia Society Policy Institute estimates only seventy-seven point four percent of the twenty twenty-two members could attend.

  9. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorSo a quarter of them just skipped it?

  10. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThey were removed, Chip. Nearly a quarter of the body.

  11. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorThat's a lot of empty chairs for a meeting about discipline.

  12. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorMacklemore is still finalising his friends. Mr. Xi finalised his some time ago.

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