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Several casualties were feared after two army helicopters crashed in US' Kentucky. The military helicopters crashed overnight while on routine training. The status of the crew members is not known yet.

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The president of Taiwan, Tsai Ing-Wen, is visiting Latin America for ten days. She left Taiwan on Wednesday and arrived in New York. The president of Taiwan declared that his country will firmly travel the path of freedom and democracy and will interact with the rest of the world, highlighting the fact that while the path is difficult, Taiwan is not travelling it alone.

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At least 39&nbsp;people were killed after a fire broke out at a migration detention centre near the United States and Mexico border, on early Tuesday (March 28), said the government's National Migration Institute (INM). The incident took place&nbsp;late Monday just before 10:00 pm&nbsp;in Mexico’s northern border city of Ciudad Juarez, across from El Paso, Texas&nbsp;in a facility run by the INM.&nbsp;&nbsp;

The INM "of the Interior Ministry regrets the deaths -- so far -- of 39 foreign migrants, caused by a fire," said the government agency in a statement.&nbsp;It added, 68 adult men from Central and South America were&nbsp;staying at the facility.&nbsp;

Some 29 migrants were injured and were taken to&nbsp;four hospitals in the area, said the INM. 
 
The national immigration agency also said that it "energetically rejects the actions that led to this tragedy”, without any further explanations about what those&nbsp;actions might have been.&nbsp;

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Meanwhile, Mexico’s prosecutor general has begun an investigation into the incident, said the federal deputy of Ciudad Juarez, Andrea Chávez, in a statement on Facebook. Notably,&nbsp;Ciudad Juarez is a major crossing point for migrants entering the US.&nbsp;

However, hours later, Mexico's President&nbsp;Andrés Manuel López Obrador&nbsp;called&nbsp;the incident unfortunate and said that the fire was started by&nbsp;migrants who set mattresses ablaze&nbsp;in protest after learning they would be deported, said a report by the Associated Press. He added, "They never imagined that this would cause this terrible misfortune."&nbsp;

Reports suggest that a large number of the victims were&nbsp;Venezuelan migrants. However,&nbsp;a Mexican official, who was not named, told Reuters that among those who died&nbsp;included migrants from Guatemala and Honduras.&nbsp; 
 
A&nbsp;Venezuelan woman standing outside the&nbsp;immigration centre told AFP that her&nbsp;27-year-old husband had been detained there. "He was taken away in an ambulance," the woman named Vinagly told&nbsp;the news agency,&nbsp;adding that&nbsp;her husband had documents allowing him to remain in Mexico. "They (immigration officials) don't tell you anything. A family member can die and they don't tell you he's dead,"&nbsp;said Vinagly.&nbsp; 
 
In a separate statement to Reuters, the&nbsp;Venezuelan national said that her husband&nbsp;was in a holding cell inside the facility when the fire started and survived by dousing himself in water and pressing against a door.&nbsp;

The incident took place in a facility located at Stanton-Lerdo Bridge, which links Mexico and the US. In recent weeks, the Mexican city&nbsp;of Ciudad Juárez has witnessed an influx of people. The fire is also said to be&nbsp;one of the deadliest to hit the country in years.&nbsp;

CCTV footage shows guards walking away

Video from the scene shows guards quickly walking away after the migrants set mattresses on fire.&nbsp;Two people dressed as guards can be seen rushing into the camera frame, and one migrant appears by the metal gate on the other side. But the guards don't make any effort to open the cell doors, the video shows. They can instead be seen running away as billowing clouds of smoke filled the structure within seconds.

Adán Augusto López, Mexico’s interior secretary, confirmed to local journalist Joaquín López Doriga that the video is authentic.&nbsp;Mexico President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said the migrants started the fire after learning they would be deported. 
 
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At least 39 people were killed after a fire broke out at a migration detention centre near the United States and Mexico border, on early Tuesday (March 28), said the government's National Migration Institute (INM). The incident took place late Monday just before 10:00 pm in Mexico’s northern border city of Ciudad Juarez, across from El Paso, Texas in a facility run by the INM. The INM "of the Interior Ministry regrets the deaths -- so far -- of 39 foreign migrants, caused by a fire," said the government agency in a statement. It added, 68 adult men from Central and South America were staying at the facility. Some 29 migrants were injured and were taken to four hospitals in the area, said the INM. The national immigration agency also said that it "energetically rejects the actions that led to this tragedy”, without any further explanations about what those actions might have been. #Comunicado 🗞️| @INAMI_mx lamenta el fallecimiento de 39 personas migrantes extranjeras, derivado de un incendio que se originó poco antes de las 22:00 hrs del lunes en el área de alojamiento de la Estancia Provisional de Cd. Juárez, Chihuahua. https://t.co/NCe0yExH9T pic.twitter.com/vhT9cgXzsq — INM (@INAMI_mx) March 28, 2023 × Meanwhile, Mexico’s prosecutor general has begun an investigation into the incident, said the federal deputy of Ciudad Juarez, Andrea Chávez, in a statement on Facebook. Notably, Ciudad Juarez is a major crossing point for migrants entering the US. However, hours later, Mexico's President Andrés Manuel López Obrador called the incident unfortunate and said that the fire was started by migrants who set mattresses ablaze in protest after learning they would be deported, said a report by the Associated Press. He added, "They never imagined that this would cause this terrible misfortune." Reports suggest that a large number of the victims were Venezuelan migrants. However, a Mexican official, who was not named, told Reuters that among those who died included migrants from Guatemala and Honduras. A Venezuelan woman standing outside the immigration centre told AFP that her 27-year-old husband had been detained there. "He was taken away in an ambulance," the woman named Vinagly told the news agency, adding that her husband had documents allowing him to remain in Mexico. "They (immigration officials) don't tell you anything. A family member can die and they don't tell you he's dead," said Vinagly. In a separate statement to Reuters, the Venezuelan national said that her husband was in a holding cell inside the facility when the fire started and survived by dousing himself in water and pressing against a door. The incident took place in a facility located at Stanton-Lerdo Bridge, which links Mexico and the US. In recent weeks, the Mexican city of Ciudad Juárez has witnessed an influx of people. The fire is also said to be one of the deadliest to hit the country in years. CCTV footage shows guards walking away Video from the scene shows guards quickly walking away after the migrants set mattresses on fire. Two people dressed as guards can be seen rushing into the camera frame, and one migrant appears by the metal gate on the other side. But the guards don't make any effort to open the cell doors, the video shows. They can instead be seen running away as billowing clouds of smoke filled the structure within seconds. Adán Augusto López, Mexico’s interior secretary, confirmed to local journalist Joaquín López Doriga that the video is authentic. Mexico President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said the migrants started the fire after learning they would be deported. (With inputs from agencies) WATCH WION LIVE HERE You can now write for wionews.com and be a part of the community. Share your stories and opinions with us here.

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U.S. is still reeling under the gun violence epidemic. President Joe Biden followed the Nashville mass shooting with a press conference which he started with a joke! Has Biden lost sympathy for all the lives lost in mass shootings? Molly Gambhir reports.

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The claimed intention of Russian President Vladimir Putin to place nuclear weapons in Belarus' neighbouring country was denounced by US President Joe Biden on Tuesday as "dangerous" language. At the White House, Biden told reporters, "This is a dangerous kind of discourse and it's disturbing." Earlier, NATO condemned President Vladimir Putin's decision to deploy its tactical nuclear weapons in its neighbouring country Belarus. Putin made this announcement, as per Russian media reports, this will be the first time since the mid-1990s that Moscow would be stationed in such arms outside its territory.

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The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on Monday rejected Russia's resolution calling for an independent inquiry into last year's sabotage of the Nord Stream gas pipelines. Three UNSC members, namely Russia, China and Brazil, voted yes for the resolution, while the remaining 12 members abstained from voting. As per AFP the resolution called for the creation of a commission to "conduct a comprehensive, transparent and impartial international investigation of all aspects of the act of sabotage on the Nord Stream 1 and 2 gas pipelines, including identification of its perpetrators, sponsors, organisers and accomplices."

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Here, we bring you the news that is trending across WION's social media platforms- United States President Joe Biden made a bizarre joke about eating ice cream before making a statement on the Nashville school shooting incident in which three children and three adults were killed.

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School shooting in the US city of Nashville, Tennessee laid bare how blatantly the gun laws are being flouted in the country. An armed 28-year-old fatally shot three children and three adult staffers at Nashville school. Though the identified shooter, Audrey Hale, was gunned down by police but the burning question lingers on. How long is this to continue? Here's what the data says:&nbsp;&nbsp;

Only three months into 2023 and gun violence in United States already showed its ugly face to the world. In 2023 alone, the statistics suggest about 9,870 people have been killed in US gun shootings as of 27 March, 2023.&nbsp;

If one ponders this is an average death of over 114 individuals per day. But the statistics only indicates how grave the situation is in US. Not only adults but even the children have also fallen victim to the gun violence.&nbsp;

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The data crunching done by the Gun Violence Archive shows that these are not just gun murders but also includes a record number of gun suicides. The data shows that amoung 9,870 people who have been killed so far, the majority 57.9% died by suicide. This is an average of about 67 deaths by suicide per day in 2023.

Furthermore, as per reports, 338 of these people were teens and 60 were children.&nbsp;

Gun-related deaths tracked by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are divided in many types including those that were unintentional, those that involved law enforcement and those whose circumstances could not be determined.&nbsp;

The findings into the US gun deaths also reveal that 322 people were killed in officer-involved shootings whereas there have been 344 "unintentional" shootings.&nbsp;

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A closer look into the data suggests that a total of 129 mass shootings have taken place in 2023 so far. This is by the definition of mass shooting by by the Archive which says that it involves as an incident in which four or more victims are shot or killed.&nbsp;

These mass shootings have led to 193 deaths and 493 injuries so far this year.

Many public places have come under fire by gun violence. Even as every life is important, shooting incidents at schools lately have evoked great emotions in the country. Mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, on 24 May last year drew everyone's attention on US as it resulted in the killing of 19 students along with two teachers.&nbsp;

The gunman Salvador Ramos who used AR-15-style rifle for the shooting was killed by the police. But the Uvalde tragedy left scars that cut deep as the family of the children mourn the deaths of their kin. After the tragedy, thousands carried out rallies calling for stricter gun legislation in the country.&nbsp;

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The recent Nashville school shooting which left six people, including three children killed at a school in Tennessee joins the list of hundreds of other shootings in the country.&nbsp;

The available data further shows that there have been at least 13 K-12 school shootings so far this year.&nbsp;

The majority of these deaths have taken place in Texas, North Carolina, Illinois, California, Florida, Georgia and Louisian, as per the data on record.&nbsp;

US President Joe Biden signed a gun control bill last year, a landmark move in three decades as US continued to reel under the menace of gun violence. The bill became a law and received the bipartisan support in the US congress however the shootings have not subsided.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;

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School shooting in the US city of Nashville, Tennessee laid bare how blatantly the gun laws are being flouted in the country. An armed 28-year-old fatally shot three children and three adult staffers at Nashville school. Though the identified shooter, Audrey Hale, was gunned down by police but the burning question lingers on. How long is this to continue? Here's what the data says: Only three months into 2023 and gun violence in United States already showed its ugly face to the world. In 2023 alone, the statistics suggest about 9,870 people have been killed in US gun shootings as of 27 March, 2023. If one ponders this is an average death of over 114 individuals per day. But the statistics only indicates how grave the situation is in US. Not only adults but even the children have also fallen victim to the gun violence. Also Read | Marriage a license to rape? India's top court to hear pleas on marital rape; these countries criminalise it The data crunching done by the Gun Violence Archive shows that these are not just gun murders but also includes a record number of gun suicides. The data shows that amoung 9,870 people who have been killed so far, the majority 57.9% died by suicide. This is an average of about 67 deaths by suicide per day in 2023. Furthermore, as per reports, 338 of these people were teens and 60 were children. Gun-related deaths tracked by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are divided in many types including those that were unintentional, those that involved law enforcement and those whose circumstances could not be determined. The findings into the US gun deaths also reveal that 322 people were killed in officer-involved shootings whereas there have been 344 "unintentional" shootings. Also Read | US lawmakers to go ahead with the proposal banning TikTok use nationwide A closer look into the data suggests that a total of 129 mass shootings have taken place in 2023 so far. This is by the definition of mass shooting by by the Archive which says that it involves as an incident in which four or more victims are shot or killed. These mass shootings have led to 193 deaths and 493 injuries so far this year. Many public places have come under fire by gun violence. Even as every life is important, shooting incidents at schools lately have evoked great emotions in the country. Mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, on 24 May last year drew everyone's attention on US as it resulted in the killing of 19 students along with two teachers. The gunman Salvador Ramos who used AR-15-style rifle for the shooting was killed by the police. But the Uvalde tragedy left scars that cut deep as the family of the children mourn the deaths of their kin. After the tragedy, thousands carried out rallies calling for stricter gun legislation in the country. Watch | Silicon Valley Bank collapse: Textbook case of mismanagement × The recent Nashville school shooting which left six people, including three children killed at a school in Tennessee joins the list of hundreds of other shootings in the country. The available data further shows that there have been at least 13 K-12 school shootings so far this year. The majority of these deaths have taken place in Texas, North Carolina, Illinois, California, Florida, Georgia and Louisian, as per the data on record. US President Joe Biden signed a gun control bill last year, a landmark move in three decades as US continued to reel under the menace of gun violence. The bill became a law and received the bipartisan support in the US congress however the shootings have not subsided. WATCH WION LIVE HERE You can now write for wionews.com and be a part of the community. Share your stories and opinions with us here.

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As the thunder roared outside and the lights inside Chuck's Dairy Bar began to blink, owner Tracy Harden realized the tornado conditions forecasted for her small Mississippi town Friday night were far more severe than she realized.

"Cooler!" yelled out Harden, and she, her husband and their employees scrambled into a giant gray metal box -- normally used to keep the restaurant's food refrigerated, but which that night saved nine lives in the shattered small town of Rolling Fork.

The tornado cut a trail of havoc more than 100 miles (160 kilometres) long across the southern US state, leaving 25 people dead and devastating damage in its wake.

As evening approached, it had been a little windy and rainy, Harden recounted, surveying the land where her business used to sit.

But the weather warning sirens hadn't sounded, so "we really just didn't worry about this much at all," she told AFP.

Barbara Nell McReynolds-Pinkins -- the cook at Chuck's, affectionately known as Miss P -- had just finished preparing an order of hamburger steak with fries and a salad when everything seemed to change.

"It was so scary," the 52-year-old said, still trembling as she remembered the howling wind, flashes of lightening and pouring rain.

As the storm intensified, 48-year-old Harden said relatives began sending her messages, warning of an especially violent tornado headed her way.

"The lights flickered, and I screamed 'Cooler!'," Harden said. But before her husband was even able to reach the refrigerator's door handle, the whole place was plunged into darkness.

<h2>Ferocious wind</h2>

Harden's husband began to shove everyone inside the giant container.

"And I was calling everybody's name to make sure we had everyone as they were coming to me," Harden said, unable to contain her emotion as she remembered the scene.

The wind was so strong her husband almost lost his grip on the door, which they had to keep closed tight enough to protect them from the storm, but not so tight the group would get locked inside.

Then, "He said, 'I see the sky,'" Harden recalled. "That meant that our roof was gone."

For a long while -- Harden and McReynolds-Pinkins could not estimate how long -- the nine stayed huddled together inside the cooler, bumping up against the metal shelves stocked with milk and meat products.

The ferocious winds -- up to 200 miles per hour, according to the National Weather Service -- buffeted and battered the cooler, the nine restaurant workers still inside.

"We're screaming and crying and praying, and then all of a sudden it just stops," Harden said.

But when her husband tried to open the door, it seemed stuck. They called 911 and started to scream, hoping someone would hear them.

That's when the customer who had ordered Miss P's steak came back.

<h2>'God saved us'</h2>

The customer, who had broken his arm as the tornado raged overhead, "somehow cleared the debris from at the door," Harden said. "He got it open, and he got us all out."

The group was rescued, but the world outside the cooler was destroyed.

Buildings were smashed, some totally flattened. Two motels next door, also owned by Harden and her husband, were gone.

"God saved us" through Tracy Harden, according to McReynolds-Pinkins.

"I've always heard if you're in a restaurant and there's a cooler, get in the cooler, and that just came to my mind," Harden said, tears streaming down her cheeks as she explained how she knew where to take shelter.

For Harden, it's still too soon to think about insurance or plans for rebuilding -- right now, that is "the least of our worries," she said, more focused on the human impact of this disaster.

But "we will be back," she promised, in the same spot as before.

And what of the now dented cooler?

"We're gonna bronze it. We're gonna make it beautiful!" she said, laughing.

"It saved our lives!"

As the thunder roared outside and the lights inside Chuck's Dairy Bar began to blink, owner Tracy Harden realized the tornado conditions forecasted for her small Mississippi town Friday night were far more severe than she realized.

As the thunder roared outside and the lights inside Chuck's Dairy Bar began to blink, owner Tracy Harden realized the tornado conditions forecasted for her small Mississippi town Friday night were far more severe than she realized. "Cooler!" yelled out Harden, and she, her husband and their employees scrambled into a giant gray metal box -- normally used to keep the restaurant's food refrigerated, but which that night saved nine lives in the shattered small town of Rolling Fork. The tornado cut a trail of havoc more than 100 miles (160 kilometres) long across the southern US state, leaving 25 people dead and devastating damage in its wake. As evening approached, it had been a little windy and rainy, Harden recounted, surveying the land where her business used to sit. But the weather warning sirens hadn't sounded, so "we really just didn't worry about this much at all," she told AFP. Barbara Nell McReynolds-Pinkins -- the cook at Chuck's, affectionately known as Miss P -- had just finished preparing an order of hamburger steak with fries and a salad when everything seemed to change. "It was so scary," the 52-year-old said, still trembling as she remembered the howling wind, flashes of lightening and pouring rain. As the storm intensified, 48-year-old Harden said relatives began sending her messages, warning of an especially violent tornado headed her way. "The lights flickered, and I screamed 'Cooler!'," Harden said. But before her husband was even able to reach the refrigerator's door handle, the whole place was plunged into darkness. Ferocious wind Harden's husband began to shove everyone inside the giant container. "And I was calling everybody's name to make sure we had everyone as they were coming to me," Harden said, unable to contain her emotion as she remembered the scene. The wind was so strong her husband almost lost his grip on the door, which they had to keep closed tight enough to protect them from the storm, but not so tight the group would get locked inside. Then, "He said, 'I see the sky,'" Harden recalled. "That meant that our roof was gone." For a long while -- Harden and McReynolds-Pinkins could not estimate how long -- the nine stayed huddled together inside the cooler, bumping up against the metal shelves stocked with milk and meat products. The ferocious winds -- up to 200 miles per hour, according to the National Weather Service -- buffeted and battered the cooler, the nine restaurant workers still inside. "We're screaming and crying and praying, and then all of a sudden it just stops," Harden said. But when her husband tried to open the door, it seemed stuck. They called 911 and started to scream, hoping someone would hear them. That's when the customer who had ordered Miss P's steak came back. 'God saved us' The customer, who had broken his arm as the tornado raged overhead, "somehow cleared the debris from at the door," Harden said. "He got it open, and he got us all out." The group was rescued, but the world outside the cooler was destroyed. Buildings were smashed, some totally flattened. Two motels next door, also owned by Harden and her husband, were gone. "God saved us" through Tracy Harden, according to McReynolds-Pinkins. "I've always heard if you're in a restaurant and there's a cooler, get in the cooler, and that just came to my mind," Harden said, tears streaming down her cheeks as she explained how she knew where to take shelter. For Harden, it's still too soon to think about insurance or plans for rebuilding -- right now, that is "the least of our worries," she said, more focused on the human impact of this disaster. But "we will be back," she promised, in the same spot as before. And what of the now dented cooler? "We're gonna bronze it. We're gonna make it beautiful!" she said, laughing. "It saved our lives!"

How a giant restaurant refrigerator saved nine lives from US tornado

Following the harsh questioning of the CEO of the social media platform by Washington legislators on Friday, a ban on Chinese-owned TikTok in the United States appears to be an increasingly likely possibility. Shou Zi Chew, the CEO of TikTok, was subjected to a barrage of inquiries from US lawmakers who made it clear that they believed the app, which is the most popular social media platform in the country and is best known for sharing jokes and dance videos, posed a threat to both mental health and national security.

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