Choppers, planes and troops to be sent to US border

The Acting Defence Secretary, Robert Salesses says President Trump has ordered him to support Homeland Security in taking complete operational control of the southern border.

President Trump has also given his first interview since taking office, speaking to an old friend at the Fox News cable channel.

Israel continues what it calls a counter-terrorism operation in West bank.

And a BBC investigation uncovers how psychiatric hospitals are being used to silence China’s critics.

(Pic: U.S. Customs and Border Protection walk along the Rio Grande River; Credit: Reuters)