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5⃣ stories you need to know today: U.S. authorities launched emergency measures to shore up confidence in the banking system after the failure of Silicon Valley Bank. Hundreds of migrants tried to force their way into the U.S. from Mexico, and more pic.twitter.com/NRfth0vxJI

— Reuters (@Reuters) March 13, 2023

Silicon Valley Bank's failure was the largest bank collapse since Washington Mutual went under in 2008.

How did we get here, and will the steps the government unveiled Sunday night be enough? @AP explains. https://t.co/veALb4tzHB pic.twitter.com/EmXptZnzlw

— The Associated Press (@AP) March 13, 2023

The Dow dropped on Monday as a plan to backstop all the depositors in failed Silicon Valley Bank, along with other extraordinary measures, failed to boost bank shares. https://t.co/eTZT53JdwZ
- The Dow fell 90 points
- The S&P 500 shed .15%
- The Nasdaq rose .45% pic.twitter.com/s0SWfV94nR

— CNBC (@CNBC) March 13, 2023

President Biden meets on Monday with the leaders of Australia and Britain at a California naval base for an expected announcement of a nuclear submarines deal aimed at strengthening Western military muscle in the face of a rising China ➡️ https://t.co/ZqLRr1SSyT #AUKUS

— AFP News Agency (@AFP) March 13, 2023

Australia to receive nuclear-powered submarines under agreement with U.S., UK https://t.co/tcygEBMXVn

— CNBC (@CNBC) March 13, 2023

Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said on Monday that Mexico is a safer country than the United States, weeks after the high-profile kidnapping of four Americans drew global attention to the country’s security crisis. https://t.co/QqwNuRfLgc

— CNN International (@cnni) March 13, 2023

Garbage piled up in Paris streets as French unions said they will keep on fighting against President Emmanuel Macron's pension reform plan despite the upper house of parliament approving the text on Saturday pic.twitter.com/unJyxAwZGx

— Reuters (@Reuters) March 13, 2023

Russia's war in Ukraine has increased arms imports by European NATO countries by up to 65% — with most weapons coming from the US, a new report finds.
https://t.co/GXLSJ7dMNZ

— DW News (@dwnews) March 13, 2023