29 h. ago US Department of Defense expands militarised zone along Texas border

The Air Force has stated its readiness to immediately install warning signs prohibiting entry into the zone

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44 h. ago Trump administration expands military's role at the border to the southern tip of Texas

The Department of Defense is expanding a militarized zone along the southern U.S. border where troops are authorized to detain migrants for prosecution on charges of trespassing in a national defense area

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69 h. ago Mexico’s president threatens to sue over SpaceX debris from rocket explosions

Company’s Starbase launch site in Texas near the Mexican border has seen test failures resulting in large explosionsMexico’s president, Claudia Sheinbaum, has threatened legal action over falling debris and contamination from billionaire Elon Musk’s SpaceX rocket launches across the border in the United States.Mexico’s government was studying which international laws were being violated in order to file “the necessary lawsuits” because “there is indeed contamination”, Sheinbaum told her morning news conference on Wednesday. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Babyshambles rockstar dead aged 46 as band pay tribute to the guitarist who also played for James Blunt

Babyshambles star Patrick Walden has died aged 46.

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7 d. ago Patrick Walden dead: Babyshambles star dies aged 46 as band share moving tribute

Babyshambles have tragically announced the death of guitarist Patrick Walden, who was just 46

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9 d. ago They planned to seek asylum. Trump’s policies have left them stranded at the US

Five months after the president closed the border, many who planned to enter US legally don’t know where to turnDonald Trump’s crackdown on immigration upended lives on inauguration day when he abruptly closed the border for many who were just on the Mexican side of the border planning to cross into the US legally. Five months on, some hold on to hope, others are giving up.A family from El Salvador seeking asylum was left stranded at the border within sight of Texas only three days into the second Trump administration. A grandfather, his daughter, his niece, her husband and two of his grandchildren had done things “the right way”, by requesting one of the highly limited appointments with US Border Patrol, from the Mexican side using the Biden-era mobile phone app called CBPOne. But on January 20, Trump signed an executive order cancelling all scheduled appointments, including theirs on 23 January at noon. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Texas spent $3 billion to build 65 miles of border wall. The state has now stopped the failed project

Only eight percent of the 805 miles that the state has identified for construction are finished

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1 week ago Texas stops providing new funding for border wall construction

Texas has stopped providing new funding toward building a U.S.-Mexico border wall after lawmakers quietly approved a new budget that does not include funding for the project

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3 w. ago Scorched bodies of five missing musicians found dumped near Texas border

The scorched bodies of five members of a Mexican music group who had been reported missing were found on the outskirts of the border city of Reynosa, Mexican authorities confirmed on Friday

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4 w. ago Bodies of five Mexican musicians found near Texas border after vanishing during car journey

Authorities say the bodies of five members of a Mexican music group have been found after they went missing - nine alleged members of a cartel have been arrested

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4 w. ago All five members of missing Mexican band found dead near Texas border

The musicians had been reported missing since Sunday

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