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Newsday: Pentagon authorises $1bn for US-Mexico border wall

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26/03/2019 GMT

Pentagon authorises $1bn for US-Mexico border wall

BBC World Service - Newsday, Pentagon authorises $1bn for US-Mexico border wall

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

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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