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A hangover from Trump-era trade disputes could soon worsen for American whiskey distillers if a resolution is not soon met.

After bourbon, rye whiskey and Tennessee whiskey were left out of recent moves to start rebuilding US trade ties with the EU and the UK, with 25% tariffs on the spirits kept intact, a leading advocate has called on US trade envoy Katherine Tai not to leave whiskey producers behind.

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China and the US have reportedly agreed to form a working group on climate change, according to the Xinhua News Agency.

The top Chinese news agency reported that the two countries have agreed upon “enhancing communication and cooperation in the field of climate change”.

The agreement was reportedly made during meetings in Alaska between Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Chinese Communist Party officials.

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The number of unaccompanied migrant children in US custody has reportedly passed 15,000 as the Biden administration contends with a rise in arrivals at the southern border.

CBS News reported on Saturday that records reviewed by the network showed the rise in unaccompanied minors in US custody.

More than 5,000 of the children are reportedly being held in a tent-holding facility operated by the US Customs and Border Protection agency, as well as at other facilities along the US-Mexico border.

Meanwhile, the Department of Health and Human Services confirmed to the broadcaster that the department, which is expected to oversee the care of unaccompanied minors after they are released from CBP custody, is housing nearly 10,500 unaccompanied minors in its emergency housing facilities and in shelters.

US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has arrived in Kabul for his first trip to Afghanistan as the head of the Pentagon, state media has reported.

According to Reuters, state media reported that Mr Austin arrived in Kabul from India on Sunday morning.

He was expected to meet with senior government officials, including with President Ashraf Ghani.

It comes as President Joe Biden ha said it will be “tough” for the US to meet a May deadline to withdraw troops from the country.

However, he said that if that if his administration is forced to extend the deadline, which was outlined in an agreement between former President Donald Trump’s administration and the Taliban, it will not be by a “lot longer”.

Still, the Taliban has warned that there could be consequences if the US fails to meet the deadline, though it is not clear what those consequences might be.

The US Navy is reportedly planning to hold a major naval exercise along with Japan, Belgium and France in the middle East in the midst of tensions over Iran’s nuclear programme.

According to the Associated Press, drills will be carried out in the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman as part of the Group Arabian Sea Warfare Exercise.

Among the ships involved will be the amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island, French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle, Belgium’s frigate HNLMS Leopold I and Japanese destroyed JS Ariake.

It comes amid high tensions as the US and Iran remain locked in a standoff over which country should make the first move to restore the 2015 international nuclear deal.

Iran has abandoned the limits enforced by the deal after former President Donald Trump unilaterally withdrew from the deal.

Tensions between the two countries have only been worsened as militias in Iraq, which are believed to be backed by Iran, have continued to target American interests.

President Joe Biden recently an air strike in Syria in retaliation. Plans for a second strike were called off after the US leader received a last-minute warning that a woman and children were at the target site.

Democratic Sen Chris Murphy of Connecticut has defended the Biden administration’s decision to restrict press access to facilities at the southern border, asserting that the media should not have “unfettered” access to the sites.

In a statement posted on Twitter, Mr Murphy, who joined a trip to the border led by Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Friday along with fellow lawmakers from across the aisle, which saw press members blocked due to “privacy and Covid-19” concerns, said he believed press should only have “some access” to facilities along the border.

“I think press should have some access, yes. But not unfettered,” he said. “Enough for accurate reporting on conditions (which are challenging but improving), but not so much to disrupt the already tumultuous lives of these children,” he said, referring to the unaccompanied children being held at facilities along the border.

In earlier tweets, Mr Murphy also detailed his own experience of the border visit, asserting that it left him fighting back tears.

“In a corner, I fought back tears as a 13 yr old girl sobbbed [sic] uncontrollably explaining thru [sic] a translator how terrified she was, having been separated from her grandmother and without her parents,” he tweeted.

“The Biden Administration is trying their best to uphold the rule of law with humanity. They have a ton of work ahead to clean up the mess Trump left them, but their intentions are true,” he said.

“The desperation these kids and families are fleeing is hard to describe,” he wrote. “The memory of that 13 yr old girl will be [with] me forever. So long as conditions are abysmal in places south, people will find a way to get here, no matter how high the wall is or how many border agents.”

The Biden administration is facing criticism after restricting press access to facilities at the US’s border with Mexico amid a rise in arrivals of migrants and asylum seekers.

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas travelled to the border on Friday with senators from across the aisle.

However, Homeland Security barred journalists from joining the trip, citing “privacy and Covid-19 precautions”.

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Russia’s ambassador to the US reportedly arrived in Moscow on Sunday for talks on how to address the shift in relations between the US and Mexico after US President Joe Biden branded Russian President Vladimir Putin a killer.

According to Russian news agency TASS, Anatoly Antonov arrived back in the country for urgent talks days after the Russian Foreign Ministry announced that it would be recalling the ambassador to discuss the growing tensions.

It comes after Mr Biden said during an ABC interview that he saw Mr Putin as a killer who would “pay a price” for alleged US election interference, a claim Moscow has denied.

Mr Putin hit back at Mr Biden, suggesting, “he who said it, did it”, as he offered to have an online discussion with his US counterpart.

The Biden administration has reportedly awarded an $86 million contract for hotel rooms near the Mexican border to be used as housing for migrant families.

According to Axios, the government has signed on to a six-month contract for the hotel housing, but that could be extended.

The hotels will be near high-traffic border areas, including Texas and Arizona, the news outlet reported.

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The Biden administration has reportedly started expelling migrant families to parts of Mexico far from where they were initially caught crossing the US border in an effort to circumvent one Mexican state’s policy against accepting the return of families with younger children.

Citing witnesses and immigration officials, Reuters said the government had begun stepping up its efforts to expel families, including by transporting some to different parts of the US for removal to get around a new policy from the Mexican state of Tamaulipas blocking the return of families with young kids.

Gloria Chavez, the US Border Patrol chief for the El Paso Sector, told the press agency that the El Paso sector had been receiving families from the Rio Grande Valley since early March.

She said the government’s priority was to expel the families to Mexico, but said the country could only take in a limited number of families from the area each day.

It comes as the Biden administration continues to face scrutiny over an increase in arrivals at the US border, with GOP detractors blaming the government’s decision to end hardline immigration policies introduced under former President Donald Trump for the rise.