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United States President Donald Trump’s plan to deploy federal troops to Democrat-led cities has sparked fierce and widespread opposition, raising legal, constitutional, and civil rights concerns across the nation. This comes as a California judge ruled that the Trump administration's deployment of troops to California to aid immigration agents and law enforcement was illegal.

Local communities say an environmental crisis is unfolding along the Thai-Myanmar border, where dangerously high levels of arsenic have been detected in several major rivers. There is now growing evidence a surge in unregulated rare earth mining in Myanmar's southern Shan State is to blame. And now, with the contamination reaching the Mekong River, environmentalists say the effects could be felt right through Southeast Asia.

Many regional towns across Australia struggle to attract essential workers - like doctors, teachers and aged-care staff – often due to lack of affordable housing and other factors. While similar equivalents exist in other states and territories, an initiative across regional areas in New South Wales is hoping to change this by offering essential workers support to find housing, schools and community groups to make them feel welcome and connected.