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Defence Secretary Mark Esper arrived in Baghdad amid reports that the US may want to boost troops deployed¹ in Iraq. He has said that current plan has for US troops leaving Syria will go to Iraq, as they continue to fight Islamic State forces.

A top US diplomat² testified that President Trump³ held back military aid to Ukraine. William Taylor says President Trump demanded that Ukraine investigate Democrats⁴ and a company tied to former vice-president Biden's family.

The European Council president says he'll recommend granting Britain a delay as it leaves the European Union. The United Kingdom wants to push "Brexit" back three months until January.

And the National Weather service: most of the rivers of western Washington stayed back below flood stage after heavy rains tapered⁵ off. Flood warnings were issued after some areas got up to a foot of rain in the past three weeks.