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BBC’s Brandon Livesay toured the Columbia Park Training Facility in Morris Township, New Jersey that will host the team in the coming weeks.

The U.S. government is responding to the Ebola outbreak in with travel restrictions. American citizens and permanent residents departing affected countries must fly into one of three U.S. airports.

Some NATO allies say they are confused by President Trump’s different statements on U.S. troop deployments to Europe.

As tensions with Washington escalate, Cuba’s government is rallying defiance at home while denouncing the US indictment of Raúl Castro as political aggression.

In north-east DR Congo, fear is spreading faster than answers as communities confront an Ebola outbreak that went undetected for weeks.
Chile digs desert trenches along its northern border as President José Antonio Kast pushes a hardline migration crackdown critics say may have little effect.

Bassirou Diomaye Faye also dissolved the government, creating uncertainty amid a debt crisis in the country.

A gas explosion at a coal mine in China’s northern province of Shanxi killed at least 82 people. Official news agency Xinhua said the accident happened on Friday evening and 247 workers were trapped.

Foreigners in the U.S. who want a green card will need to leave and apply in their home country, the Trump administration announced Friday, in a surprise change to a longstanding policy.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrived in India on Saturday ahead of a meeting next week with his counterparts from India, Australia, and Japan, members of the Indo-Pacific strategic alliance.

Elon Musk’s SpaceX has successfully launched its Starship V3 rocket, which landed in a planned fiery explosion on Friday.

The first attempted launch on Thursday was postponed due to a malfunctioning hydraulic pin in the launch tower.

More than 30 people, including firefighters, were hurt in the incident, which was described as “a complex, fast-developing emergency situation”.

The Pentagon discloses scores of UFO files with reported sightings of spheres, discs and fireballs spanning nearly 80 years.

The U.S.-Israeli war against Iran is driving up the cost of food, leading to funding shortfalls and higher expenses for critical food aid in Gaza.

Alberta’s decision to hold a referendum on separation has been widely criticised, including the separatists who say the question is not definitive enough.

The detainees say they were slapped, hit, humiliated and even subjected to sexual violence, but Israel’s prison service says the allegations are false.

A federal judge says the Maryland man who was wrongfully deported last year is being prosecuted for political reasons.

A Waymo spokesperson said it had expanded the temporary pause “out of an abundance of caution”.

Analysts say a comparison of the readouts issued by the U.S. and China reveals “minor inconsistencies” on issues such as agriculture, tariffs and rare earths. But, experts argue, those differences are not significant.

The appeal court declared Özgür Özel’s party leadership victory void, further cementing the president’s grip on power.