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• China surrounds Taiwan with warships, fighter jets in largest military drills on record - China launches largest military drills ever around Taiwan as war tensions spike following record $11.1 billion U.S. arms sale to the island nation.
• Tiny Pacific nation to take up to 75 deportees as Trump administration accelerates mass removals - Small Pacific nation Palau with 18,000 residents agrees to accept U.S. deportees to address labor shortages. Deal includes millions in aid funding.
• Lethal US strike sinks narco-terrorist vessel along major Pacific drug route, Pentagon confirms - Four narco-terrorists killed in Pacific military operation as strikes reach 98 total casualties since Sept. 2, with no Americans harmed.