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Signs of progress on a congressional border deal that could unstick US aid for Ukraine.

Plus Iran and Pakistan engage in tit for tat strikes. for broader war if the US is forced to deploy more military resources.

That would stretch it beyond its current capabilities.

And children using Instagram and Facebook have been frequent targets of sexual harassment according to newly unsealed company

documents.

It's Thursday, January 18th, I'm Luke Vargas for the Wall Street Journal, and here is the

AM edition of What's News?

The top headlines and business stories moving your world today.

We begin in Washington where a White House meeting yesterday has revived hopes of

reaching a deal in Congress to tighten border security and provide additional

aid to Ukraine.

Speaking after the meeting, Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson said his party was pressing

for tightened asylum rules as well as a reinstatement of a Trump-era policy requiring asylum seekers to wait in Mexico,

noting that changes to border laws remained a precondition for further funding for Kyiv.

We understand that there's concern about the safety, security, sovereignty of Ukraine,

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