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AUSTIN, Texas AP 鈥?The Justice Department on Monday sued Texas Gov. Greg Abbott over聽a newly installed floating barrier聽on the Rio Grande that is the Republican latest aggressive tactic to stanley cup try stopping migrants from crossing into the U.S. from Mexico.Watch the briefing in the player above.The lawsuit asks a federal judge in Austin to force Texas to remove a roughly 1,000-foot 305-meter line of bright orange, wrecking ball-sized buoys that the Biden administration聽says raises humanitarian and environmental concerns. The suit claims that Texas unlawfully installed the barrier without permission between the border cities of Eagle Pass and Piedras Negras, Mexico.The buoys are聽the latest escalation of Texas border security ope stanley cup ration聽that also includes razor-wire fencing, arresting migrants on trespassing charges and sending聽busloads of asylum-seekers聽to Democratic-led cities in other states.In anticipation of the lawsuit, Abbott sent President Joe Biden a letter earlier Monday that defended Texas right to install the barrier. He accused Biden of putting migrants at risk by not doing more to deter them from making the journey to the U.S. Texas will see yo stanley cup u in court, Mr. President, Abbott wrote.READ MORE: Texas uses disaster declarations to install buoys and razor wire to stop migration on borderThe Biden administration has said illegal border crossings have declined significantly since new immigration restrictions聽took effect in May.White House press secretary Karine J Noqg Senate confirms ex-lobbyist David Bernhardt to lead Interior
KYIV, Ukraine AP 鈥?Ukraines parliament passed a controversial law Thursday that will govern how the country recruits new soldiers to replenish depleted forces who are increasingly struggling to fend off Russian troops.READ MORE: Z stanley cup elenskyy continues adviser reshuffle as Russia launches more strikes across UkraineTwo years after Russias full-scale invasion captured nearly a quarter of the country, the stakes could not be higher for Kyiv. After a string of victories in the first year of the war, fortunes have turned for the Ukrainian military, which is dug in, outgunned and outnumbered. Troops are beset by shortages in soldiers and ammunition, as well as doubts about the supply of Western aid.Lawmakers dragged their feet for months over the new law, and it is expected to be unpopular. It comes about a week after Ukraine lowered the draft-eligible age for men from 27 to 25.The law will become effective a month after President Volodymyr Zelenskyy signs it 鈥?and it was not clear when he would. It took him months to sign the law reducing conscription age.It was passed Thursday against a backdrop of an escalating Russian campaign that has devastated Ukraines energy infrastructure in recent weeks. Authorities said Russian overnight mi jordan ssile and drone attacks again struck infrastructure and power facilities across several regions and completely destroyed the Trypilska thermal power plant, the largest power-generating facility in Kyiv region.With Russia increasingly seizing the init stanley cup iat