Trump orders Marines to Los Angeles in additional deployment as unrest calms

US President Donald Trump is deploying more 2,000 National Guard troops and 700 Marines to Los Angeles as protests in the city continue. Monday's protests were generally calmer but the prospect of Marines on the streets has sent shivers through communities. California Governor Gavin Newsom says he will take legal action against the deployments, calling Trump "deranged" and "dictatorial".

Demonstrations in the city continued into a fourth day on Monday, with new rallies starting up across the US against immigration authorities. Rubber bullets, stun grenades and other non-lethal weapons have been used against the protesters.

California Governor Gavin Newsom also announced on Monday that an additional 800 state and local police officers would be deployed, to help the LA Police Department's response to protestors. It seems the role of the Marines and the National Guard troops will be to protect federal property and personnel, such as the immigration agents involved in the raids on Friday that started all this.

Donald Trump returned to power in January, promising mass deportations of undocumented immigrants. Since then, arrests have increased.

Data shows ICE arrests during Trump's second term have now passed 100,000. Rallies started up across the US against the immigration authorities - from Tampa, Florida to Boston, Massachusetts to Houston, Texas.

Several confirmed dead in Austria school shooting, interior ministry says. Several people are reported to be injured after a shooting at a secondary school in the Austrian city of Graz. Police spokesman Fritz Grundnig has confirmed there may be fatalities after gunshots were heard in the Dreierschützengasse high school.

The suspected gunman is believed to have killed himself. Police say an operation is under way and a helicopter has been deployed. Injured students are being cared for in the nearby Helmut List Hall - an events venue very close to the school.

Graz is the second-largest city in Austria and is located about 200km from the capital Vienna.

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