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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Hurst.

After months of closed-door negotiations, the Senate has released details of a $118 billion

national security package linking immigration reform with aid to Israel and Ukraine.

Empiers Eric Medaniel reports it remains to be seen though whether the package can overcome

opposition from Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump.

The bill negotiated by independent Kirsten Cinema of Arizona,

Republican James Langford of Oklahoma, and Democrat Chris Murphy of Connecticut

would dramatically reshape the asylum process after months of record numbers of migrants at the US-Mexico border.

The bill would empower customs and border protection agents to make an initial determination

about asylum qualifications and allow for rapid deportations.

Seeking economic opportunity in the United States, the draw for many, is not sufficient to qualify for asylum.

The package would also mandate a six month time for asylum claims to be

heard in court. The current average is more than a thousand days. Senators could

vote as soon as this week. Eric McDaniel and Pierre News Washington.

The U.S. in Britain have launched a series of strikes on Iranian-backed militias in Yemen overnight.

The Houthis have been attacking commercial and military ships in the Red Sea for the past three months, and Pierre's Hadil al-Salshi has more.

Aothi official brushed off U.S. strikes on Sunday saying that their operations would

continue in reaction to the war in Gaza. This latest set of US attacks follow strikes in

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