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A makeshift migrant camp looks nearly empty in Mexico's Matamoros, at the border with Brownsville, Texas, where Democrat US President Joe Biden is expected to meet border patrol and other law enforcement agents. Also heading to the border is Republican former president Donald Trump, who will be about 300 miles (480 kilometers) to the west in Eagle Pass. The Texas showdown comes at a time when record numbers of migrant crossings into the United States are posing a threat to Biden's chances of preventing a Trump comeback in November's presidential election. IMAGES
US lawmakers vote to reject a standalone Israel aid bill denounced by critics as a "cynical" bid to thwart a cross-party border security and foreign assistance package that would include cash for war-torn Ukraine. IMAGES
Several people at an immigration detention center in Ciudad Juarez on the Mexico-US border died in a fire that broke out at the facility overnight, according to media reports. IMAGES
The UN Security Council adopts a resolution extending a system for cross-border aid to Syria by six months, the duration demanded by Russia while other members had sought a full year. The measure received votes in support from 12 of the 15 members, including Russia, China, and the Security Council's 10 non-permanent members. IMAGES
Tapachula, Sep 4 (EFE).- After three migrant caravans being intercepted by Mexican authorities during the week, a fourth made up of mostly Central Americans, Venezuelans, Cubans and Haitians left Saturday from the municipality of Tapachula, in the state of Chiapas (southeast) to the north of Mexico.(Camera: JUAN MANUEL BLANCO)SHOT LIST: FOURTH MIGRANT CARAVAN LEAVING FROM TAPACHULA TOWARDS THE NORTH OF MEXICO.
International donors pledge $6.4 billion in aid grants for Syria and refugees in neighbouring countries, well short of a UN target of $10 billion. SOUNDBITE