US Senate debates big bill of tax breaks and spending cuts

The United States Senate has started debating US President Donald Trump’s megabill on tax breaks and sweeping cuts to healthcare and food programmes.
The 940-page proposal has been met with strong criticism from the Democratic Party as well as some members of Trump’s Republican Party.

Migrants turned away at US border seek opportunities elsewhere
As Trump has led a crackdown on immigration and implemented measures meant to discourage people from attempting to enter the US, groups of immigrants who had made the arduous journey north have found themselves wondering what do next.

Spots across Central and South America that previously served as jumping-off points for migrants heading to the US are now seeing some head back in the opposite direction, hoping to build a new life for themselves elsewhere.