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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
The United States announces sanctions on Iraqi low-cost airline Fly Baghdad, saying it provided assistance to Iran's Revolutionary Guards and proxies, while also targeting leaders of a pro-Iranian Iraq militia for sanctions. US National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby tells reporters the sanctions are "designed to protect not only our financial system but our national security." SOUNDBITE
"We also regret the order to deploy Russian troops into eastern Ukraine, reportedly on a peacekeeping mission," says United Nations Under-Secretary-General Under-Secretary-General for peacebuilding Rosemary DiCarlo. "These developments follow the decision to order a mass evacuation of civilian residents of Donetsk and Lugansk into the Russian Federation. We are concerned by the escalating shelling across the contact line." SOUNDBITE
Yavne, Oct 11 (EFE).- Israel Antiquities Authority on Monday unveiled a , a discovery that suggests Gaza’s white wine was in high demand during t1,500-year-old industrial estate winery discovered in the Israeli city of Yavnehe Byzantine period.“Mainly (they exported) to Turkey, which was Byzantine, of course to Rome, Europe, and even London,” Israeli archeologist, Hagit Torge, tells Efe.(Camera: ATEF SAFADI)SHOT LIST: 1500 YEAR OLD INDUSTRIAL ESTATE WINERY DISCOVERED IN YAVNE, ISRAEL.
Tokyo (Japan), Sep 30 (EFE / EPA) .- (Camera: Kimimasa Mayama) .- Toyota Motor Corp announced that it has found new fraudulent inspections on 1,501 vehicles at Toyota and Lexus dealerships, raising the total has more than 6,659 kicks affected.FOOTAGE FROM A LEXUS DEALER IN TOKYO, JAPAN.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken says that up to 1,500 Americans may still need evacuating from Afghanistan. "Starting on August 14, when our evacuation operations began, there was then a population of as many as 6,000 American citizens in Afghanistan that wanted to leave. Over the last 10 days, roughly 4,500 of these Americans have been safely evacuated," he tells reporters during a press briefing in Washington. SOUNDBITE