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Iran may be “contributing to widespread war crimes" in Ukraine by supplying Russia with drones and other weapons used in its ongoing invasion of Ukraine, U.S. national security adviser Jake Sullivan told reporters on Monday.

Driving the news: Russia has used hundreds of Iranian-made Shahed-136 Kamikaze drones in its bombing campaign on Ukrainian cities, according to Ukrainian officials.

Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said Monday that he would consider accepting more migrants than already announced under President Biden's plan to address a record surge in border crossings, AP reports.

The big picture: The Biden administration announced last week a policy offering legal entry for up to 30,000 migrants and asylum seekers a month from Nicaragua, Haiti, Cuba and Venezuela.

Ron Dermer, the Israeli minister for strategic affairs, arrived in Washington on Monday for talks with senior White House and State Department officials, two Israeli officials told Axios.

Why it matters: It will be the first visit by an Israeli minister to Washington since the new Israeli government was sworn in. Dermer is one of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s closest confidants and is expected to be his point person for talks with the Biden administration.

Thousands of supporters of Brazil's right-wing former President Jair Bolsonaro stormed the National Congress and other government buildings in the capital Brasilia on Sunday in an attack that echoed the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol riot by supporters of former President Donald Trump.

The latest: President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who took office less than a week ago and was in São Paulo at the time of the attacks, along with the presidents of Brazil's upper and lower houses of Congress and the Supreme Court on Monday signed a decree repudiating what they described as "coup acts in Brasilia."

Ukraine is taking steps to bolster defenses around the cities of Bakhmut and Soledar, the "bloodiest places on the frontline," Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in his nightly address Sunday.

Driving the news: Russian fighters — many of them Wagner Group mercenaries — are attempting to capture the city of Bakhmut after six months of brutal combat, Axios' Dave Lawler writes.

Natural disasters are becoming more frequent, intense and "increasingly less natural," Australia's Climate Change minister Chris Bowen said Monday in response to the latest round of historic flooding to hit the country, per the Guardian.

Driving the news: Bowen told reporters in Sydney there's "absolutely" a link between global warming and the recent flooding in Western Australia's Kimberly region — which saw remote communities along the Fitzroy River cut off as floodwaters in the town of Fitzroy Crossing peaked at a record 51.87 feet.

President Joe Biden arrived in El Paso, Texas, on Sunday as part of his first trip to the U.S.-Mexico border as president amid a major influx of migrants and asylum seekers arriving at the border.

Why it matters: Republicans, who made border security one of their top campaign issues in the 2022 midterms, have argued that Biden's lack of a visit is evidence the president is unserious about addressing illegal immigration across the southern border.

The man who U.S. prosecutors suspect masterminded a 2013 cartel-related killing in a wealthy Dallas suburb was arrested Saturday in Mexico.

Driving the news: José Rodolfo Villarreal-Hernandez, known as "El Gato," was apprehended in an operation that involved the International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL) and elements of the Nuevo León State Investigation Agency.

Senior officials from the U.S., Israel, United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Bahrain and Morocco will convene in Abu Dhabi on Monday for a meeting of the Negev Forum to discuss regional integration.

The big picture: Tensions in the region are especially high after an extreme right-wing minister of the new Israeli government, which took office less than two weeks ago, visited the al-Aqsa Mosque compound, also known as the Temple Mount or Haram al-Sharif, drawing widespread condemnation.