which allowed us authorities to turn asylum seekers away over covid concerns. but with the end of the us s health emergency, title 42 has now officially expired. a potential surge of migrants to the us mexico border could strain local communities and the humanitarian challenge. us officials said on friday they quote did not see a substantial increase in migrant crossings. but many have pointed out that this is only the start of a new reality at the border, not the end. mexico s government is trying to deter migrants from making the treacherous journey, and has ordered the closure of more than 30 temporary processing centres for migrants. mexico s foreign minister has also said his country will only accept a maximum of 1,000 deportees a day from the us. 0ur reporter angelica casas has more on what title 42 expiring means for the border. for the last three years, migrants and asylum seekers trying to reach the us have been in limbo. title 42 a covid era policy has kept them f
we start at the border of the united states and mexico, and concerns there will be a surge of migrants following the expiration of title a2. that s the measure put in place three years ago, and it was invoked during the trump administration to slow the spread of covid 19 across the us mexico border. while in doing so, us authorities were allowed to turn away asylum seekers, and while title 42 was in place, around 2.8 million people were expelled that s according to us customs and border protection. but with the end of the us s health emergency, title 42 has now also officially expired. well, a potential surge of migrants to the us mexico border could strain local communities and present a humanitarian challenge. and us officials said on friday they quote did not see a substantial increase in migrant crossings. but many have pointed out that this is only the start of a new reality at the border, and not the end. mexico s government is trying to deter migrants from maki
the wall streetjournal reporter evan gershkovich is appearing in court in moscow for his appeal hearing against his detention. mr gershkovich was arrested on espionage charges in yekaterinburg last month. more than a0 countries led by the united states have called for the release of the journalist. the statement condemned moscow s efforts to limit and intimidate the media. us ambassador to russia visited mr gershkovich at lefortovo prison. these are the latest pictures of him, behind the glass, inside court. we have had a live feed up until the last few minutes from inside and outside, if you look at the outside of the court as well. this is an appeal hearing against the charges on which he is being held. of course, we cannot predict or know what the outcome proceedings will be, but many observers and washes of court proceedings in russia points to the fact that most of the time, once people are in the judicial system, very little changes, so most verdicts, when it comes to c
there has been air strikes, shelling and other heavy gun fire reported. and in the last few hours, the general of the rsf the rapid support forces in sudan has approved a 2k hour ceasefire. general mohamed hamdan daglo tweeted. he had spoken to the us secretary of state antony blinken and agreed the pause to ensure the safe passage of civilians and the evacuation of people who are injured. mr blinken had called for the ceasefire during the g7 foreign ministers meeting taking place injapan. but, the sudanese army has released a statement denying any knowledge of the ceasefire. despite that tweet, these are the latest pictures from rsf paramilitary forces at khartoum international airport showing black smoke rising from burning plane. let s take a look at the area more closely. sudan is part of this eastern area of africa, known as the horn of africa and has a history of instability. the area s intergovernmental authority on development, or i gad, will send the presidents o
spying charges. he absolutely denies these charges and we have heard as well from the us ambassador to moscow, saying that he is in good health, is strong. she clearly pointed out again that the charges are baseless against him and called for russia to release him. it was a short statement you give outside the court. we have just short statement you give outside the court. we havejust heard, that his appeal by evan gershkovich against his pre trial detention has been rejected. let s return to sudan where fighting between rival forces has killed almost 200 people and wounded 1,800. a few hours ago, the general of the rsf the rapid support forces in sudan has approved a 24 hour ceasefire. general mohamed hamdan daglo tweeted that he had spoken to the us secretary of, state antony blinken, and agreed the pause to ensure the safe passage of civilians and the evacuation of people who are injured. mr blinken had called for the ceasefire during the g7 foreign ministers meeting t