内容摘要：Earlier this year, concerns were raised about the future of the 18-mile (29km) line after auditors revealed it had made a loss of over £500,000 in the year ending February 2023.

Earlier this year, concerns were raised about the future of the 18-mile (29km) line after auditors revealed it had made a loss of over £500,000 in the year ending February 2023.

This prompted Sheinbaum to say she had merely reiterated Mexico's position, which she said was "not to close borders but to build bridges between governments and people".The call followed Trump's announcement on Monday that, upon taking office in January, he would slap an across-the-board tariff of 25% on Mexico and Canada, and a 10% tariff on China.

He said the import duties on Mexico and Canada would only be removed once illegal immigration and drug trafficking to the US had stopped.The announcement was initially met with combative language from President Sheinbaum, who vowed earlier on Wednesday to retaliate if the US triggered a trade war."If there are US tariffs, Mexico would also raise tariffs," she said of the proposed duties, which appear to breach the USMCA trade deal that Trump himself struck in 2018 during his first presidency between the US, Mexico and Canada.

Speaking to reporters on Thursday, the Mexican president said she did not specifically discuss tariffs in the phone call with Trump but that they had addressed immigration and fentanyl trafficking - the reasons Trump had named for imposing the tariffs in the first place.She said she had reassured him that a migrant caravan he had expressed concern about was "not going to reach the [northern] Mexican frontier" with the US but she stressed that "it has never been our plan to close the border with the US".

Sheinbaum insisted that the conversation had been "very amiable" and that they had agreed they would "continue with our talks".

In what appeared an altogether more conciliatory tone compared to her initial reaction to Trump's import tax announcement, she also insisted there was now "no possibility of a tariff war" between Mexico and the US.More than nine million people have been forced to flee their homes and there are fears of a widespread famine as people have not been able to grow any crops.

There have also been warnings of a possible genocide against non-Arab communities in the western region of Darfur.Cholera is a fast-developing and highly contagious disease. It can cause diarrhoea, dehydration and death, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).

It is relatively easy to cure, but rapid treatment is essential.Health Minister Haitham Mohammed Ibrahim declared a cholera outbreak in mid-August.