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US-Mexico border wall: Pentagon authorises $1bn transfer

The funds are the first under the national emergency declared by President Donald Trump.

The Pentagon has authorised the transfer of the first funds for new border wall construction under the national emergency declared by President Trump; the Israeli military has attacked dozens of targets in Gaza, as Palestinian militants continue to fire rockets into Israel; and the British government says a vote by MPs to try to take control of the Brexit process sets a dangerous precedent.

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Tue 26 Mar 2019 07:06GMT

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