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in washington. you're watching newsday. were due to take effect, the us president says to the north and south.
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ms sheinbaum said that, in return, mr trump pledged measures to curb the trafficking of weapons into mexico. the agreement that is in the agreement that was put in place, to put more national guards on the northern in particular, the trafficking of fentanyl from mexico to the united states. trade agreement in 1994.
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the drug cartels. those are the wins in the claudia sheinbaum column. to send 10,000 national guard troops to the northern border, the security measures at the border, particularly a little to find some common ground between them. before trump reversed his decision,
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they could also cost americans money and jobs. has more on the reaction from canada. has been struck. part of the deal was talked about in a post on x, over $1 billion to bolster
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border security. prime minister trudeau also talked about an additional kenneth smith ramos who was mexico's of the north american free trade agreement during donald trump's first term,
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for a month. we have, as you know, the review of the usmca
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so right now we avoided the immediate imposition of tariffs but this issue will continue to the long—term and it's important for mexico to convince the us government that the mexican economy is essential for the us to be able to compete with china and the rest of the world. he has threatened the european union if there is not more market access for us products. so he actually believes that tariffs can have a beneficial the big mistake the us is doing is that by virtue of violating the agreements
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we have in the usmca, in relationship with president trump this very important agreement that is essential with its top two trading partners, a rollercoaster in terms of the relationship he has got more commitment from both mexico and canada to put more resources into border security which is what he's been after. yes, i mean, we negotiated with trump and the first time
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drug trafficking, this is a shared responsibility between mexico and the united states. and arrive magically at all urban centres we need to give concessions on both sides and negotiate and come to a good solution which tries to resolve the immigration and security issue without putting in jeopardy this very important trade agreement that strengthens the economies
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of north america. standing firm, if he violates the agreement, mexico and canada have to retaliate. it worked for us in 2018 when he raised tariffs on steel that's set to take effect in less than an hour. with chinese president xi jinping "within 2a hours", presumably to negotiate these tariffs. the us trade war will not be confined to china, mexico and canada alone. in brussels, eu leaders met nato chief mark rutte since donald trump's inauguration,
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0ur political editor chris mason has been the headquarters of the european union. their trade with america uppermost in mind too. or trade wars. the anger you heard there was prompted by president trump describing the eu as an atrocity and saying it would face taxes on its imports into america. they don't take our cars,
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baskinfirussels it can give economies the shivers. of rolling up in brussels these days after brexit, on the uk that dominated.
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is open and strong trading relations, with president trump. to water down your reset with the european union both of these relations are very important to us. for many, many decades now. and tonight the prime minister swapped nato when it comes to trade and security. i'll be discussing this evening on questions on energy and i believe it is in the eu's interest as well. but how much of this is possible, desirable,
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while maintaining a decent relationship with america? this is bbc news.
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the administration reportedly intends to merge the us agency for international development — with the us state department, making secretary of state marco rubio its administrator.
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they have also been locked out of their email accounts. control of the us agency under the remit of the state department. to 130 countries, and managed a budget of about $40 billion. its budget. president donald trump at the white house for the gaza ceasefire. he is already in washington
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meeting with middle east envoy of the gaza ceasefire. on what mr netanyahu hopes to accomplish while in washington. to emphasise that. in his words, "redrawn the map of the middle east". to see him since he returned to the white house — although it's worth pointing out there has been, at points, a fractious relations between the two. he would be heartened to hear ppresident trump's words about unrwa — the un about unrwa — the un agency for palestinians — agency for palestinians — and how it will no longer be funded. and very keen to emphasise and very keen to emphasise what he sees as the strategic what he sees as the strategic threat posed by iran, threat posed by iran, israel's great rival in the region. israel's great rival in the region.
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in short, prime minister netanyahu will try to influence the thinking of the new man in the white house, to shift his world view to one that aligns with the one mr neta nyahu holds. it is worth pointing out that mr netanyahu is not the only one trying to influence his thinking, we've heard lots of talk from the hostage families here, most recently the wife of keith siegel, the american hostage released a few days ago, thanking president trump and emphasising the importance of keeping the ceasefire going and getting the rest of the hostages out. they are trying to influence his thinking too
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treatment in jordan. out of gaza. to bring out wounded people, including habiba. 0ur journalist visited
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habiba in gaza last week. one of her doctors from manchester of gaza as soon as possible in order translation: if she asks me translation: if she asks me for a biscuit, _ for a biscuit, _ i cannot give it to her. i cannot give it to her. if i hand it over to her, she gives me a look. i can't describe to you the look that she gives me. that she gives me. but then yesterday, the doctor but then yesterday, the doctor sent us this video message. sent us this video message. habiba had been cleared habiba had been cleared for evacuation. for evacuation. with a bit of luck, she'll be leaving the hospital today and travelling tojordan. and travelling tojordan. we've all got our that's going to happen. fingers crossed that's going to happen.
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then news came israel wouldn't allow her mother to travel with her. at this point, rana became very distressed. out of respect for the family's wishes, we didn't film. it's agonising for us. it's not how we feel, it's agonising to watch the disappointment and the worry of her mother. then, overnight, the israelis changed their decision,
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of lives where they have no control. but then clarity. mum rana exhausted. so much that is strange for habiba. and hopefully healing. the beginning of another journey. before we take off, habiba calls for her mother. mama.
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reassurance for a child in a strange machine. fergal keane, bbc news, jordan. thousands of residents who evacuated from the australian locals woke to grey skies but only drizzle in contrast to the intense rain which has battered areas further north in the state have had more are without power. i spoke to councillor ann—maree greaney, who is the acting mayor of townsville.
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collaborative. we evacuated we worked together we evacuated people in what we call out black design, with potentially further evacuation in the pink centres that we have been three evacuation centres. we have had a reprieve and if the weather. we are closing those down and people are allowed to return to their homes. 0ur neighbours further up north are completely cut off at the moment. we are very lucky that we are a garrison city, the largest in australia we have the aid of the australian defence force. very handy to have those resources in your location. absolutely. are these floods are normal occurrence? me are normal occurrence? we fundus of — are normal occurrence? we fundus of pretty _ are normal occurrence? - fundus of pretty much to the day experiencing this incredible rainfall again and if this area, since 2019. of
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course, we live in this area and we tried to prepare our communities as much as we can. council hosts get ready days and when you move to a place like townsville, you do know that will be adverse weather, the unfortunate thing is people are still suffering from that home is being flooded into thousand 19, only to experience it again. £31 thousand 19, only to experience it aaain. , thousand 19, only to experience itaaain. , ., it again. of recap and reminder that we are _ it again. of recap and reminder that we are slightly _ it again. of recap and reminder that we are slightly more - it again. of recap and reminder that we are slightly more thanl that we are slightly more than 30 minutes away from terrace president trump would impose on china. president
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in terms of dry weather. will eventually turn colder. we are going to see some wet weather that will be moving its way eastwards through the day some of the heaviest rain will be but you can see the line of the weather front that rain also getting into wales, the southwest of england, here through the second half of the afternoon. and hefty showers.
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and patchy rain that will clear the south east corner through the evening. then we see clear skies, some showers, in fact some because some colder air will be tucking its way in. it's going to be a pretty chilly night. but a relatively bright start. temperatures between 7—10 degrees in most places. we'll pick up more of an easterly flow off the near continent, and that is going to bring some
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pretty cold air our way. could be one or two showers. in temperatures for where you are by logging on to
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borders. hello and welcome to business today. they were set to come into effect today. and clamp down on trafficking of fentanyl. here's mexico's president, claudia sheinbaum. i told him let's put it on pause for a moment and sure this month we "a; 5103th 7.11117 7 7 7 77 7 "a; 5103th will}; 7 7 77 7 "a; £103th mllhésble" 7 in this month we will be able to good results to have results, good results for your people, good results
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to have results, good results for you peoplee, good results to have results, good results for you people ofgood results to have results, good results for you people of mexico ;ults for the people of mexico and this was the result of
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