Immigration

• A six-year-old girl dies in the Arizona desert of heat stroke. Smugglers left her and other migrants in the desert about a day before she died. [Link]
• Trump cuts over $500 million in aid to El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras because their citizens continue to seek asylum in the US. [Link]

Assage

• Assange’s extradition hearing will begin Feb 25, 2020. [Link]

Venezuela

• Peru is cracking down on immigrants coming from Venezuela. [Link]
• AP reports five European countries are considering sanctions on Venezuela. [Link]

India

• India puts 70% tariffs on 28 US exports. The tariffs are a response to the US ended a program that allowed Indian import without duties. [Link]

Middle East

• Acting Defense Secretary Shanahan says the US will deploy an additional 1,000 troops to the Middle East. [Link]
• Iran says it will break the nuclear deal’s enriched uranium cap within ten days. [Link]
• Israel names a settlement in the Golan Heights after Trump. [Link]
• Turkey arrests 128 military personnel for their connections to Gulan. Turkey’s leader accuses Gulan of an attempted coup in 2016. [Link]
• Turkey accuses Syria of attacking its positions in Idlib Syria. [Link]

Africa

• Al Shabaab kills 16 Kenyan troops in two attacks. [Link]
• Egypt’s former president dies in court. [Link]
• Libyan officials say Haftar is fighting ISIS in southern Libya. [Link]
• French and Malian forces kill 20 in Mali. [Link]
• Boko Haram kills 24 people at a Cameroon military installation on a Lake Chad island. [Link]