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The European Union will provide Greece "all the necessary operational support" to help tackle the migration surge from neighbouring Turkey, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen says. The EU dispatched its highest officials to Turkey and Greece amid concern over a fresh migrant crisis and allegations that Ankara was trying to "blackmail" the bloc by opening its borders to thousands of refugees seeking to flee to Europe. IMAGES
Secretary of State Anthony Blinken and other US officials arrive in Mexico to meet with president Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador over surging migration, which has become a major political headache for President Joe Biden as he enters an election year. IMAGES
Images show the President of Panama Laurentino Cortizo and President of Costa Rica Rodrigo Chaves holding a meeting in Panama City to discuss migration issues. IMAGES
"We continue to anticipate that ongoing increases will be appropriate in order to retain a stance of monetary policy that is sufficiently restrictive to return inflation to 2 percent over time," US Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell says after the Fed raised it interest rate by a half percentage point. SOUNDBITE
European interior ministers gather for crisis talks in Brussels called by Paris as an ugly row between France and Italy over how to handle would-be refugees forces EU migration reform back onto their agenda. New arrival numbers haven't yet hit the levels of 2015 and 2016, but European capitals are concerned about new pressure on sea routes from North Africa and overland through the western Balkans. IMAGES
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell says that "ongoing increases" in the policy rate will be "appropriate," as the Fed escalates its battle against the wave of price increases battering the US economy by raising the benchmark interest. SOUNDBITE
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