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Trump Demands Funds to End Border ‘Crisis’

President Trump has demanded funding for his long-promised US-Mexico border wall

US President Donald Trump has demanded funding for his long-promised US-Mexico border wall to halt "a growing humanitarian and security crisis". In a televised rebuttal, Democratic leaders accused the president of holding the American people hostage.

Guatemala has said it is withdrawing from a UN-backed anti-corruption commission which has been investigating the country's President Jimmy Morales. Guatemalan Foreign Minister Sandra Jovel said on Monday that the UN body had 24 hours to leave the country.

The spread of misinformation and fake news is the biggest threat to Nigeria’s 2019 elections says the country’s information minister Lai Mohammed. Newsday reports live from Abuja to ask where it’s all coming from and what can be done to tackle it.

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