it s seven in the morning in singapore, midnight in london and 5pm in texas, where tens of thousands of people are massing on the border between mexico and the united states. they ve been gathering there for weeks. and many of them are expected to try to cross the border into the us from friday. that s because a temporary law introduced by donald trump that meant illegal migrants could be removed quickly expires overnight. title 42 made it easier for the us to send people back to mexico using the coronavirus pandemic as justification. but its looming expiration has triggered something of a rush to reach the border, with cities on both sides readying for an increase in attempted crossings once it lapses. a record number of migrants were recently apprehended at the us mexico border in a single day, fuelling fears over what will happen when this controversial immigration policy expires. the us homeland security secretary has issued a warning ahead of title 42 s expiry. he s sa
now, she lives in exile, forced out of austria, she says, by death threats. what does her story say about vienna s close ties to moscow and the impact of austria s neutrality? karin kneissl, in northern lebanon, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for your invitation, mr sackur. well, it s a pleasure to have you on the show. i think we have to start with this question about your location. you were a senior member of the austrian diplomatic political elite, until recently. now, you ve left your home country and you re in exile in lebanon. just explain to me why. well, when our government literally imploded in 2019, all i wanted was to continue my academic work and publishing, but i had to find out that there was not a single contract. furthermore, a lot of harassment, also the death threats. but the bigger problem, honestly, was this de facto prohibition to work, so i decided to quit and first, i went to france and now, i m in lebanon and i cherish the freedom of mind here in leban
welcome to world news america on pbs and around the globe. tens of thousands of people have been gathering along this is ciudad juarez on the mexican side of the border. they ve been there for weeks, and many are expected to try to cross into the us in the coming days. that s because a temporary law introduced during the pandemic that makes it easier to remove migrants from the us is expiring later tonight. the us has been beefing up its security forces along the 2,000 mile border. that s where we start tonight. sophie long is in el paso, texas. sophie, president biden himself said this week that the border situation wil be chaotic for a while. what s the situation on the ground where you are? interestingly, at the moment, where interestingly, at the moment, where i am, in el paso, a stone s throw away from one of the crossings, it s very quiet. for many months here there has been hundreds of people who have made it across the border, sleeping on the streets of el paso, to
from our we will have the latest. live from our studio we will have the latest. live from our studio in we will have the latest. l e: from our studio in singapore it s news day. hello and welcome to it s news day. hello and welcome to the - it s news day. hello and - welcome to the programme. in texas, tens of thousands of people are massing on the border between mexico and the united states. they ve been gathering there for weeks. and many of them are expected to try to cross the border into the us from friday. that s because a temporary law introduced by donald trump that meant illegal migrants could be removed quickly expires overnight. title 42 made it easier for the us to send people back to mexico using the coronavirus pandemic as justification. but its looming expiration has triggered something of a rush to reach the border, with cities on both sides readying for an increase in attempted crossings once it lapses. a record number of migrants were recently appreh