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Trump renews threat to close Mexico border

Migrants wait for dinner outside a shelter in Tijuana

The US president also says he has authorised troops to use lethal force, as more migrants arrive.

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Canadian mail bomber gets life in prison

Guido Amsel sent bombs to several businesses and placed a device at his ex-wife's home in Winnipeg.

In pictures: America celebrates Thanksgiving

Americans around the world are marking their annual Thanksgiving Day holiday with parades and celebrations.

Facebook v Soros: 'Congress must probe'

'Family and money' give Americans meaning

  • 22 November 2018
  • From the section Business

Chief justice rebukes Trump's Obama taunt

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Why America's next generation is so different

A rich portrait of being black in Canada

  • 21 November 2018

Who was US man killed in remote islands?

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'A man wouldn't get that question'

  • 21 November 2018
  • From the section Business

Thousands send support to ill war veteran

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'His camera was a weapon against poverty'

Our experts

Trump Saudi statement: What the president's words reveal

Each section of the exclamation-point-filled letter is revealing and merits closer inspection.

20 November 2018
Anthony Zurcher North America reporter

At Thanksgiving, discordant Trump heads squabbling American family

Moments of national unity prove elusive in Donald Trump's America

21 November 2018
Nick Bryant New York correspondent

When Hispanic Americans vote, the US wins

Hispanics, which make up the largest minority group in the US, are the Holy Grail of American politics.

22 October 2018
Katty Kay Presenter, BBC World News

US mid-term elections 2018: Trump's invincible, but for how much longer?

His name isn't on the ballot but make no mistake - these elections are all about Trump, says the BBC's Jon Sopel.

5 November 2018
Jon Sopel North America editor

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US hints at evicting China from WTO

  • 21 November 2018
  • From the section Business

Glamour magazine US goes online only

  • 21 November 2018
  • From the section Business

US-China division mars Apec summit end

  • 18 November 2018
  • From the section Asia

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