several top us officials, including the secretary of state antony blinken and attorney general mitch 6arland were in mexico today meeting president andres manuel lopez 0brador, discussing the creation of a new security deal between the two countries that would address things like the influence of drug cartels of the smuggling of us—made guns into mexico and the flow of migrants to the us border. will 6rant reports. this undermines the extent of the crisis at the us mexico border. mexican police in this state say the majority were from nearby. around 200 were unaccompanied minors, children travelling alone through one of the most dangerous drug cartel controlled parts of latin america. the timing could hardly have been more apt, coming almost exactly as the us secretary of state, antony blinken, and the mexican president were sitting down for talks. the body language was warm and the words cordial as the two sides briefly set aside their differences to focus instead on a shared interest: a newjoint instead on a shared interest: a new joint security framework. the current agreement w

the us secretary of state, antony blinken, has spoken to him on the phone after his release. flooding triggered by a powerful storm has overwhelmed the sicilian city of catania, killing at least two people. fierce storms battered southern italy for a third day on tuesday, leaving roads completely submerged in parts of the island of sicily. a blackout has left homes and businesses without electricity, while schools have been closed in the city and nearby towns. an advisory committee to the us food and drug administration has recommended the use of pfizer's covid vaccine in children aged 5 to 11, saying the benefits outweigh the risks. the decision brings the vaccine a step closer to about 28 million children in america. shots could be offered as early as next week, should the fda and then the centers for disease control accept this recommendation. ecuador�*s troubles continue as an influential indigenous movement is protesting against fuel price increases. the cost has nearly doubled since last year. several roads in five of ecuador�*s provinces have been blocked as the la

the us secretary of state antony blinken says sudan's security forces who gained power in a coup on monday must respect human rights. 0n the eve of a planned demonstration against the coup, you want any violence against peaceful demonstrators would be unacceptable. at least eight people were killed and nearly 200 injured by the security forces in protests against the coup in the past week. this man was hit by a bullet. a university student was among protesters who gathered outside the army headquarters in khartoum to denounce the military coup. he says the scene turned deadly in minutes. translation: i scene turned deadly in minutes. translation:— scene turned deadly in minutes. translation: iwas shot, along with seven _ translation: iwas shot, along with seven or— translation: iwas shot, along with seven or eight _ translation: iwas shot, along with seven or eight around - translation: iwas shot, along with seven or eight around me. i with seven or eight around me. people took some of us into their homes to help with the injuries but others died on the spot. they took me and other pro

several top us officials, including the secretary of state antony blinken and attorney general mitch garland were in mexico today meeting president andres manuel lopez obrador, discussing the creation of a new security deal between the two countries that would address things like the influence of drug cartels of the smuggling of us—made guns into mexico and the flow of migrants to the us border. will grant reports. more than 650 people, over half of them children, crammed into trailers, desperate to reach the united states. not that any extra evidence was needed but the tension of so many people underlines the two crisis at the us have mexico border. mexican police say the majority were from guatemala. around 200 were from guatemala. around 200 were unaccompanied minors, children travelling alone through one of the most dangerous drug cartel control parts of latin america. the timing could not have been more apt, with the us secretary of state and the mexican president sitting down for talks. the body language was warm, the words cordial as the two sides briefly set aside their dif

on tuesday, the us secretary of state antony blinken was in paris. it is the first american official to meet the french president since the row and he spoke to french tv. translation: we row and he spoke to french tv. translation:— row and he spoke to french tv. translation: we could have, we should have _ translation: we could have, we should have done _ translation: we could have, we should have done better— translation: we could have, we should have done better in - should have done better in terms of communication. this is what president biden and president macron said when they spoke two weeks ago. but above all we sometimes tend to take for granted such an important relationship. a relationship as deep as the one between france and the us. deep as the one between france and the us-_ and the us. president macron was less enthusiastic. - and the us. president macron was less enthusiastic. i i and the us. president macron was less enthusiastic. i just i was less enthusiastic. i 'ust believe in i was less enthusiastic. i 'ust believe in facts.

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the latest incident comes days before us secretary of state antony blinken is due to visit the country. with me to discuss what we know about the situation is bbc�*s security correspondent, gordon corera. gordon, first of all, what is havana syndrome?— gordon, first of all, what is havana s ndrome? ~ . , , ., syndrome? well, the answer is that it's a mystery. _ syndrome? well, the answer is that it's a mystery. is — syndrome? well, the answer is that it's a mystery, is the _ syndrome? well, the answer is that it's a mystery, is the truth. - syndrome? well, the answer is that it's a mystery, is the truth. it's - it's a mystery, is the truth. it's an affliction which has hit us diplomats and spies, starting in cuba in 2016, hence the name havana syndrome, in which those people often felt a pressure or pain in their head, headaches, disturbances, sometimes very long lasting symptoms, which were debilitating. often a noise, as well. first of all in cuba, but then cases in china a year or two later, and since then, they have been at least 200 reports, accelerating in the last few mont