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Wednesday 22 September 2021 08:22 BST

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BORDER-MIGRANT CAMP — Many Haitian migrants camped in a small Texas border town are being released in the United States, two U.S. officials say, undercutting the Biden administration’s public statements that the thousands in the camp faced immediate expulsion. By Elliot Spagat, Maria Verza and Juan A. Lozano. SENT: 1,200 words, photos, videos. Also see BORDER MIGRANT CAMP-MAYORKAS below.

UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY-VIRUS SUMMIT — President Joe Biden is pushing well-off nations to do more to get the COVID-19 pandemic under control around the world. Biden is convening a virtual vaccine summit, timed to coincide with this week’s U.N. General Assembly. By Zeke Miller and Jamey Keaten. SENT: 870 words, photos. UPCOMING: Summit begins at 11 a.m.

UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY — Racism, the climate crisis and the world’s worsening divisions will take center stage at the United Nations, a day after the U.N. chief issued a grim warning that “we are on the edge of an abyss.” By Edith M. Lederer. SENT: 1,030 words, photos. With UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY-THE LATEST.

CONGRESS-BUDGET — The House approves legislation to fund the government, suspend its borrowing limit and provide federal disaster and refugee aid. Republicans in the Senate are expected to block the measure, however, as Congress works to avoid a federal shutdown on Sept. 30. By Lisa Mascaro and Kevin Freking. SENT: 1,080 words, photos.

VIRUS-OUTBREAK-SYRIA-REBEL ENCLAVE — Syria’s Idlib province is seeing record numbers of COVID-19 infections and deaths, with the total number of cases more than doubling since the beginning of August. Doctors say the dual outbreak in COVID-19 infections and renewed violence and airstrikes is putting an unprecedented strain on the medical sector in the rebel-controlled enclave, already hit hard by more than a decade of war. By Bassem Mroue. SENT: 690 words, photos.

BIG TECH-GOVERNMENT PRESSURE — Big Tech companies that operate around the globe have long promised both to obey local laws and to protect civil rights while doing business. But when Apple and Google capitulated to Russian demands and removed a political-opposition app from their local app stores, it raised worries that two of the world’s most successful companies are more comfortable bowing to undemocratic edicts — and maintaining a steady flow of profits— than upholding the rights of their users. By Technology Writers Michael Liedtke and Barbara Ortutay. SENT: 960 words, photos.

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