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An uneasy calm has descended over Los Angeles after the first night of a curfew lifted on Wednesday, as cities across the US brace for more protests.
President Trump is warning that his military response to the anti-ICE protests in LA may be the "first of many," saying anyone demonstrating against immigration raids in other cities could be met with "equal or greater force."
A total of 4,000 National Guard troops and 700 Marines have been deployed to help quell the unrest in LA, from where Toni Waterman reports
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US President Donald Trump has said a deal with China "is done" after two days of talks between top officials in London.
Posting on his Truth Social platform he said that, subject to final approval from President Xi Jinping and himself, the US will get the rare earth minerals it needs, while Chinese students can take up their places at American colleges.
Kate fisher reports from Washington
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Search and rescue operations are continuing to try to locate 4 crew members following an explosion on a cargo ship off India's coast on Monday.
The Singapore-flagged vessel, which was travelling from Colombo in Sri Lanka to the Indian city of Mumbai, was carrying hazardous cargo including heavy fuel oil.
Rebecca Bundhun reports from Mumbai.
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The Governor of California, Gavin Newsom, has accused President Donald Trump of a "brazen abuse of power" with the deployment of Marines and US military troops on the streets of Los Angeles.
The Mayor of Los Angeles has imposed an overnight curfew in the city, after violent clashes intensified with demonstrators protesting the Trump administration's programme of mass deportations.
And protests have now spread to other cities including New York, Atlanta and Chicago.
From Washington, Simon Marks reports.
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US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has dismissed an entire panel of government vaccine advisors, saying he wants to "re-establish public confidence" in vaccines
Some health policy experts say firing the committee members will do the opposite.
Kate Fisher reports from Washington
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US president Donald Trump has sent thousands more troops to Los Angeles on a fourth day of chaotic protests against immigration raids.
California Governor Gavin Newsom described the move as fulfilling "the deranged fantasy of a dictatorial president".
Toni Waterman reports from Los Angeles
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