Trump threatens to close Mexican border

By Susan Heavey and Sofia Menchu
Updated October 19 2018 - 3:26pm, first published 3:23pm

US President Donald Trump has threatened to deploy the military and close the southern US border if Mexico does not halt a caravan of Central America migrants heading north, raising the risk of huge disruptions to trade.

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