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Security bolstered at Texas border town

Eagle Pass (Texas): US officials have bolstered security along the border town of Eagle Pass, Texas, across from Piedra Negras, Mexico, where a caravan of mostly Honduran migrants is being held. It's the first caravan in recent months to have arrived at the Texas border.

Security bolstered at Texas border town

Security tightened on Texas border

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Published : Feb 8, 2019, 8:39 AM IST

Security tightened on Texas border

Law enforcement vehicles have lined the riverbank.

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Eagle Pass Mayor Ramsey Cantu said border officials can only process about 12 to 15 immigrant cases a day.

Members of the caravan may have to wait weeks or months to request asylum.

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Security tightened on Texas border

Law enforcement vehicles have lined the riverbank.

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Eagle Pass Mayor Ramsey Cantu said border officials can only process about 12 to 15 immigrant cases a day.

Members of the caravan may have to wait weeks or months to request asylum.

Also Read: High hopes for Nekton's Indian Ocean mission

AP TELEVISION 2200GMT OUTLOOK FOR 7 FEBRUARY 2019
Here are the stories AP Television aims to cover over the next 12 hours. All times in GMT.
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COLOMBIA VENEZUELA AID- Aid trucks arrive at Colombia-Venezuela border. STORY NUMBER 4194991
URUGUAY VENEZUELA 2- International coalition calls for Venezuela elections. STORY NUMBER 4194988
URUGUAY VENEZUELA MOGHERINI- International coalition calls for Venezuela elections. STORY NUMBER 4194985
ITALY FRANCE- Salvini comments on diplomatic spat with France. STORY NUMBER 4195000
BRAZIL RIO FLOODS- Rio de Janeiro cleans up after deadly flash floods. STORY NUMBER 4194997
US VA POLITICS TURMOIL SHARPTON- Sharpton calls for Virginia governor's resignation. STORY NUMBER 4194990
UK ROYALS- Harry and Meghan meet injured service personnel. STORY NUMBER 4195006
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IRELAND BREXIT _ Prime Minister Theresa May meets Irish Taoiseach Leo Varadkar in Dublin after MPs voted with the government last week for the Irish border backstop proposal to be replaced by 'alternative arrangements'.
Dublin
::No timings or details on what kind of access to May-Varadkar meeting. Expect this to happen in the evening.
::No plans yet to address media post meeting, may be paper statement only.
Accessing
Belfast
::Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar visits for talks with major political parties, and possibly smaller parties, as well as business and civil society figures.
::1200GMT – Doorstep at Stormont ahead of meetings with party leaders, followed by visit to Irish Government House. Accessing live. Edit to follow
EU BREXIT – monitoring and covering further developments
VENEZUELA CRISIS – Humanitarian Aid trucks are expected to cross from Cucuta in Colombia to Venezuela . Tensions are high as Venezuelan military has barricaded the border bridge in an apparent attempt to block the humanitarian aid from entering the country. Covering
::Monitoring developments, accessing and covering
Expected tonight:
::President Nicolas Maduro invites the press to an activity in the Plaza Bolivar in downtown Caracas. Edits expected
::2130gmt - Protests have been called in Montevideo both for and anti Maduro. Covering, edit to follow
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OTHER NEWS - AMERICAS
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HAITI PROTESTS -Opposition calling  protest to demand  that  the governmnet explain  how Petro Caribe funds have been used by this and past  administrations and asking  for the resignation of President Jovenel Moise. Much of the financial support to help Haiti rebuild after the 2010 earthquake came from Venezuela's Petro Caribe fund, a 2005 pact that gives suppliers below-market financing for oil and is under the control of the central government.
::edit eta tba
MEXICO CARAVAN - A caravan of 1,600 Central American migrants  has been surrounded since  Wednesday by Mexican authorities in an old factory a short distance from Texas, where they hoped to seek asylum even as U.S. authorities sent extra law enforcement and soldiers to stop them.
::edit eta tba
US EL CHAPO - Jury deliberations continue in the drug trafficking case against Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman. Covering LIVE, edits to follow.
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OTHER NEWS ASIA
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SKOREA U.S. NKOREA - Monitoring possible return to Seoul by U.S. special envoy for North Korea Stephen Biegun. Biegun traveled to Pyongyang Wednesday to prepare for the second summit of U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, which is expected to happen Feb 27 and 28.
::No details have been released
::Monitoring and will effort cover/access what is possible if he arrives
JAPAN US NKOREA --Former US Special Representative for North Korea Policy, Joseph Yun, attends a panel titled as "peace building on Korean Peninsula" by a private Japanese think tank.
::0400G – Panel. Covering on merit
INDIA BANGLADESH - Foreign Minister of Bangladesh A K Abdul Momen co-chairs the joint consultative committee meeting with his Indian counterpart Sushma Swaraj. Both ministers are expected to sign agreement to bolster bilateral ties. The visit follows Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's landslide victory in Bangladesh's parliamentary election in December.
::0600G – Photo-op with Swaraj. Access TBC
::0630G – Consultative meeting. Covering photo opp
::0900G – Agreement signing. Covering
PAKISTAN NAVIES--Navies of 45 countries arrive at Karachi sea port to take part in the upcoming AMAN navy drills
- Expect edit by 1200G
AUSTRALIA PALACE LETTERS -  An appeal court rules on whether Australian authorities can continue to keep secret Queen Elizabeth's letters that might reveal what she knew of her representative's plan to dismiss Australia's government more than 40 years ago.
::Monitoring and accessing on merit
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OTHER NEWS - EUROPE/AFRICA
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SOUTH AFRICA STATE OF THE NATION - South African President Cyril Ramaphosa in his State of the Nation address said Thursday the country had begun to recover from "a period of uncertainty and a loss of confidence and trust" under his scandal-ridden predecessor, and he announced that the presidential election will be on May 8.
The national elections are seen by many as a referendum on his ruling African National Congress party.
Edit expected tonight
TURKEY COLLAPSE _Turkish officials have raised the death toll from the collapse of an eight-story apartment building in Istanbul to 10. So far, 13 people have been pulled out with injuries. It was not clear if rescuers hope to find any more survivors.
::Covering and accessing developments.
::0530GMT – Morning live at the collapsed building. Edits to follow throughout the day
::Restrictions: No access Turkey.
::The following advisory has been going out on AP material: A decision was taken by the Istanbul Anatolian chief prosecutor for a broadcast ban / media blackout over the continuing investigation of the collapse of an eight-storey building in the Kartal district of Istanbul. Clients are advised to seek their own legal advice if they intend to transmit material already supplied by the AP and ongoing news coverage of this specific incident back into Turkey.
TURKEY KHASHOGGI _A UN expert has concluded that Saudi Arabia undermined Turkey's efforts to investigate the death of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, which she described as a "brutal and premeditated killing" planned and carried out by Saudi officials. Agnes Callamard, the UN special rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, made her assessment Thursday after visiting Turkey. She plans to present a final report to the UN Human Rights Council in June.
::Covering developments.
::TBA - Chasing reactions of President Erdogan, Turkish officials.
::TBA - Erdogan takes part in an event in the province of Sivas. Expected live coverage of his speech ex handout. Ayse will confirm as usual time and coords and will monitor to get any comment
TUNISIA VERDICT _Verdict expected in the trial of seventeen people over Tunisia's deadliest extremist attack. The 2015 massacre at the Mediterranean resort of Sousse killed 38 people, most of them British tourists.
::1100GMT – Court session begins. Unclear how long it will take.
::No access inside court. Doorstepping outside
GERMANY MALI _German Chancellor Angela Merkel meets President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta.
::1245GMT – Joint news conference. Covering live. LiveU quality. Edit to follow.
GREECE MACEDONIA _Greece's Parliament is set to ratify Macedonia's accession agreement with NATO after the two countries reached a historic agreement to normalize relations.
::No official timings, but it's expected to go from 0800GMT to around 2200GMT. Accessing live. Edit to follow.
RUSSIA THAILAND _Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov meets his Thai counterpart Don Pramudwinai at the foreign ministry.
::0800GMT - Meeting. Edited self cover on merit
::0900GMT - Joint news conference. Covering live. LiveU quality. Edit on merit
FRANCE IRAN OPPOSITION _Iranian opposition group holds a rally to support protests in Iran as it celebrates 40 years since the fall of the Shah and the victory of the Islamic Revolution.
::1300GMT. Edited self cover.
ITALY BRIDGE DEMOLITION_ First major demolition at Genoa bridge, with a 40-metre beam expected to be removed. A 200 metres of the section of the The Morandi bridge collapsed last August, killing 43 people.
::0900GMT – Covering live. LiveU quality. Edits to follow.
::Demolition may take the whole day
::TBC - Prime Minister Comte expected to visit the site. Edited self cover
ROMANIA EU JUSTICE _Second of two-day informal EU Justice and Home Affairs meeting.
::0730GMT - Arrivals. Accessing live. Edit on merit.
::1000GMT – Family photo. Accessing live. Edit on merit.
::1330GMT - Press conference. Accessing live. Edit on merit.
GERMANY SPY AGENCY _Chancellor Angela Merkel inaugurates the new headquarters of Germany's domestic spy agency.
::TBA - Arrival and visit. Accessing edits.
::1030GMT – News conference. Covering live. LiveU quality. Edit to follow
GERMANY MERKEL _German Chancellor Angela Merkel receives honorary citizenship from Templin, the town she grew up.
::1600GMT – Ceremony. Covering live. LiveU quality. Edit to follow
KENYA NEW ZEALAND _A man with two New Zealand passports, among 10 people arrested over suspected links with extremism, is expected to appear in court on Friday. According to authorities, the suspects were detained in a crackdown on alleged extremists at the Dadaab refugee camp, which hosts at least 200,000 Somali refugees.
::0900GMT Man expected to be presented in court in Garissa
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MIDDLE EAST
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IRAN REVOLUTION ECONOMY - Iran's economy, facing sanctions for decades since its 1979 Islamic Revolution, faces a new challenge with President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw from the nuclear deal and slap new sanctions on the country
:: Edit expected at 0200gmt
SYRIA FIGHTING - Following developments as area controlled by IS shrinks to a couple of villages in the east under SDF pressure
:: Monitoring
YEMEN CEASEFIRE - Monitoring ceasefire situation in Hodeida and events elsewhere
SUDAN UNREST – Covering ongoing protests against longtime ruler Omar Bashir
GAZA VIOLENCE — Monitoring events at Gaza-Israel border following Friday prayers
:: Accessing LIVE, edit and self cover on merit
IRAQ FRIDAY PRAYERS — Friday prayers in Karbala attended by representative of Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, who may comment on latest developments in Iraq
:: Accessing on merit
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