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Donald Trump dealt a blow to a bipartisan border security bill,

newly unveiled by America's Senate after months of wrangling.

The Republican frontrunner in the forthcoming presidential election

denounced the bill as horrendous and called for a separate piece of legislation to cover immigration.

The deal, worth $118 billion, ties border security to aid for Israel and Ukraine, which American lawmakers have struggled

to deliver due to Republican opposition.

An initial vote on the bill is scheduled for Wednesday.

King Charles III has cancer, Buckingham Palace said.

His public duties have been paused, though he remains wholly positive and looks forward to returning to his public work soon.

The cancer was found last month when the king, who is 75 years old, received treatment for an enlarged prostate.

The palace did not specify which kind of cancer.

He was crowned last May.

Antonio Gaterres, the Secretary General of the United Nations, appointed an independent review group to assess allegations that workers at the UN Relief and Works Agency were involved in Hamas's assault on Israel on October 7th.

A final report is expected to be completed by April and will be made public.

Several governments have frozen donations to the agency in the meantime.

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