Senate Republicans stopped a plan to pass a $110 billion aid package. Republicans insist that any help for Ukraine should be linked to broader US immigration and asylum reforms.

IDF troops are installing at least five pumps about a mile north of the Al-Shati refugee camp, which could pump thousands of cubic metres of water per hour into the tunnels.

‘If you cannot spar a friendly spar with your President you should not lead the country.’

In Belgium, a recent documentary on sexual abuse in the Catholic Church has caused shock and soul-searching, reigniting a debate about the way religion is funded in the country. Unlike in neighbouring France, the Belgian state finances officially recognised religions, with representatives of the Catholic Church receiving the best pay. But the abuse scandal has seen many people demand a change in the rules. The justice ministry has asked the Church to remove members of the clergy guilty of sexual abuse from the list of those paid by the state, and a parliamentary inquiry is underway. Our correspondent reports.

His body was discovered in a pool of blood near Moscow.

Vladimir Putin won the coveted award back in 2007, and his victory interview was nothing short of bizarre given the events unfolding today.