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The United States will deploy 1,500 additional troops to the border with Mexico, the Pentagon says, ahead of an expected surge of migrants when Covid-era restrictions are lifted next week. "For 90 days, these 1,500 military personnel, who will be sourced from the active duty component, will fill critical capability gaps, such as ground-based detection and monitoring, data entry, and warehouse support," spokesman Brigadier General Pat Ryder tells reporters during a press conference. SOUNDBITE
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announces that the US will send “an additional 1,000 troops” to Poland, on top of the 4,500 already present there, during a press conference in Warsaw. SOUNDBITE
President Barack Obama has authorized the deployment of up to 1,500 more U.S. troops for Iraq to advise and train in an effort to combat Islamic State. Deborah Lutterbeck reports.
President Barack Obama has authorized the deployment of up to 1,500 more U.S. troops for Iraq, Pentagon Press Secretary Rear Admiral John Kirby said. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
Images show Israeli military vehicles moving along the border with the Gaza Strip, amid the ongoing war against the Palestinian militant group Hamas. In war-battered Gaza, there has been mounting concern over Israeli plans to launch an assault on the southern Gazan city of Rafah, where 1.5 million people have sought refuge, many in makeshift encampments. IMAGES
Migrants attempt to pull down a section of a barbed wire fence installed by Texas authorities on the Mexico-US border. The tensions on the border come amid an ongoing legal back-and-forth over a Texas law that would allow state police to arrest and deport migrants who cross illegally into the United States from Mexico. IMAGES