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The United States will deploy 1,500 additional troops to the border with Mexico, the Pentagon says, ahead of an expected surge of migrants when Covid-era restrictions are lifted next week. "For 90 days, these 1,500 military personnel, who will be sourced from the active duty component, will fill critical capability gaps, such as ground-based detection and monitoring, data entry, and warehouse support," spokesman Brigadier General Pat Ryder tells reporters during a press conference. SOUNDBITE
On the last day of a NATO summit in Madrid, United States President Joe Biden says that the US "should sell" modern F-16 fighter jets to Turkey when asked by a journalist as to whether he offered them to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan as a quid pro quo. "It's not in our interest not to do that", he adds. SOUNDBITE
"We also regret the order to deploy Russian troops into eastern Ukraine, reportedly on a peacekeeping mission," says United Nations Under-Secretary-General Under-Secretary-General for peacebuilding Rosemary DiCarlo. "These developments follow the decision to order a mass evacuation of civilian residents of Donetsk and Lugansk into the Russian Federation. We are concerned by the escalating shelling across the contact line." SOUNDBITE
France and Serbia sign a deal for Rafale fighter jets along with several other agreements shortly after French president Emmanuel Macron arrived for a two day visit to Serbia. IMAGES
An AFP team visits the Ukrainian border crossing between the Sumy region and Russia's Kursk region, filming a Ukrainian truck carrying blindfolded men in Russian military uniform travelling away from the Russian border. Ukraine’s army launched a surprise offensive into Kursk on August 6. IMAGES
NATO allies have begun the promised transfer of F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine to bolster defenses against Russia, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken announces. "As we speak, the transfer of F-16 jets is underway, coming form Denmark, coming from the Netherlands," Blinken says at a NATO 75th anniversary summit in Washington. SOUNDBITE
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