Migrants flown to Martha's Vineyard by Florida governor say they were misled

The Reuters Daily Briefing Friday, September 16, 2022 by Linda Noakes Hello Here's what you need to know. Hundreds of bodies are found in a mass burial site in Ukraine, a judge rules for Trump over seized classified records, and why customers are holding up banks in Lebanon Today's biggest stories Signal tape is seen over a grave at an improvised cemetery in the town of Izium in Kharkiv region, Ukraine, September 15, 2022 WORLD Ukrainian authorities found a mass grave containing 440 bodies in a northeastern city recaptured from Russian forces, calling it proof of war crimes carried out by the invaders in territory they had occupied for months. Here's what you need to know about the conflict right now. Kyrgyzstan said it agreed a ceasefire with its Central Asian neighbor Tajikistan after a deadly border conflict between the two Russia allies escalated towards war, involving tanks and rocket artillery. 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