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The EU is to start releasing money to Tunisia under a pact aimed at stemming irregular migration from the country, says the EU spokesperson, Ana Pisonero. "The Commission is today announcing 60 million euros in budget support for Tunisia," she says during a press conference in Brussels, Belgium. SOUNDBITE
Republican lawmakers pass an immigration package that would restart stalled construction of Donald Trump's southern border wall as the United States braces for a sudden increase in migrant crossings from Mexico. The Secure the Border Act of 2023, which advanced from the Republican-led House of Representatives on a roughly party-line 219-213 vote, would reintroduce several signature Trump-era measures, from completing the wall to bolstering asylum restrictions. IMAGES
Hundreds of firefighters continue to battle Spain's first major forest fire of the year, as authorities say that they're beginning to make headway in limiting the blaze. "The overall development is positive," firefighters in the province of Castellon, where the fire broke out on Thursday afternoon, said on Twitter. The fire has already burnt 3,800 hectares of vegetation and led to the evacuation of 1,500 people in the Valencia area. More than 500 men are still fighting the flames. IMAGES
Raymond, Jul 14 (EFE/EPA).- Firefighters battling a blaze that extends for more than 38,590 hectares (150 square miles) in Northern California - the state's largest this year - have made major progress in recent hours, the United States Forest Service said Wednesday.That agency's latest bulletin said that the so-called Beckwourth Complex Fire has been 71 percent contained, up from 26 percent contained on Tuesday.Formed by the lightning-triggered Dotta and Sugar blazes, that fire is affecting Plumas National Forest, which is located near the city of Beckwourth - and northwest of Lake Tahoe - at the northern terminus of the Sierra Nevada mountain range. (Camera: DAVID ODISHO). SHOT LIST: HOT SHOTS BIG BEAR CREW PERFORM MOP UP DUTIES ON A HILLSIDE SITUATED ALONG ROAD 600 IN RAYMOND, CALIFORNIA, US.
Bangkok, Jan 14 (EFE/EPA).- Bangkok's major fresh market was closed down and disinfected Thursday after a number of vendors were found to have been infected with the COIVD-19 disease. Thailand has so far recorded 11,262 cases and 69 deaths of the novel coronavirus. (Camera: DIEGO AZUBEL).SHOT LIST: HEALTH AUTHORITIES DISINFECT KLONG TOEY WET MARKET IN BANGKOK, THAILAND.
Honduran migrants break past a line of police officers and enter Guatemala as they pursue their trek to the United States in the hope of finding a better quality of life and escaping violence and poverty back home. IMAGES