firefighters are battling a huge fire at a shopping centre in moscow. video footage showed several explosions, before flames engulfed the mega khimki mall, on the outskirts of the russian capital. one person has been reportedly been killed in the fire. local media says arson is being considered as a possible cause. the uk s passport office is being urged to learn lessons from the massive backlog in applications earlier this year and to prepare for similar levels of demand in 2023. the spending watchdog, the national audit office, has been looking into this year s problems which saw tens of thousands of people face long waits for their passports to be renewed. tributes have been paid tojet black, one of the founding members of the punk rock band the stranglers, who has died aged 8a. the drummerfeatured in many of the band s hits, including golden brown,
program will allow the u.s. to send asylum-seeking migrants back to mexico to a wait their hearings. matt rivers is live in mexico city. so what does it mean for immigrants once they are in mexico? typically how long do they wait for those hearings to progress? reporter: during the trump administration, the administration came under a lot of fire frankly for this program that saw tens of thousands of people waiting in mexico for even those that had legitimate asylum claims in the u.s. they were forced to wait in mexico for months, everybody years in some terrible conditions. these tent cities popped up all along the southern u.s. border with migrants waitsing for thei legal proceedings. the biden administration actually wound down this program months after biden took office, but over the summer a federal judge said in doing so they actually violated federal law
as a result of this action in syria. absolutely. in the final weeks of the territorial caliphate we saw tens of thousands of people emerging from isis last village. in one camp, roughly 70,000 people, vast majority of them being women and children of isis members, and the prisons have filled up with men, including many foreigners that fought for the group. so one of the big concerns right now is that as the kurds are rushing to the border to try to reinforce their front line against the turks, what is going to happen to these detention facilities that are already at the breaking point. richard engle, let s talk about the fact you heard the congressman shimkus as many talk about the kurds as american allies, embarrassment he feels in the fact that america has turned its back on them. while turks themselves are
simple. easy. awesome. stay connected while you move with the best wifi experience and two-hour appointment windows. click, call or visit a store today. dana: fox news alert on the escalating political crisis in venezuela. several key european countries have recognized juan guaido as interim president of venezuela. this coming one day after nicholas maduro rejected a call for new elections. benjamin hall is following the developments. reporter: there is a sense that something s got to give. on the one side you have all these countries lining up to recognize juan guaido as interim president. but on the other side you have russia, china supporting nicholas maduro. neither side seems like backing down. over the weekend there were major protests across venezuela and caracas, which saw tens of
hamas along the border with israel. at least 16 palestinians were killed and hundreds others hurt. kitty logan is live in london with more. kitty? reporter: hi, molly. well, those protest gatherings continued today. they were calmer, although the mood is still very tense. yesterday saw the worst day of violence in gaza in many years, and today funerals were held for those who were killed with thousands maaing through the streets of marching through the streets of gaza. mahmoud abbas has declared a national day of mourning. yesterday we saw tens of thousands of demonstrators gathered in gaza near the border fence with israel, some throwing stones, fire bombs and burning tires. now, israeli troops responded with live fire, rubber bullets and tear gas. now, hundreds of injured are being treated in hospital in gaza. the u.n. and the e.u. have both called for investigation into the use of live ammunition by