Experts for the Utah Legislature and a group of plaintiffs challenging the state's congressional districts squared off, making the case that the maps put forward by the opposing side are gerrymanders and should not be accepted by Judge Dianna Gibson.

The federal government shutdown entered Day 25 on Saturday with no end in sight as President Donald Trump left for a six-day trip to Asia.

The US has carried out its first night time attack on a vessel at sea which it claims has killed six drug traffickers. US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Friday the US had conducted its first night time attack on an alleged boat carrying drugs from Latin America, killing six “narco-terrorists” in the process.

Keir Starmer grilled at PMQs on grooming gangs inquiry resignations - Sir Keir Starmer faced Prime Minister’s Questions amid a row over the Government's handling of the national grooming gangs inquiry

Welsh First Minister Eluned Morgan appeared to take a swipe at Sir Keir Starmer after Labour lost a key by-election. Plaid Cymru won the Caerphilly seat in the Welsh Parliament after a fierce battle with Reform UK, with defending party Labour trailing in third.

Originally published as US politics live: Vance slams Israel over vote, Trump pardons billionaire crypto CEO JD Vance has blasted Israel’s parliament for holding a vote to advance a bill on the annexation of the West Bank, saying he has taken “some insult to it”.

Democrats continue to insist on greater health care spending as a condition to reopen the government. But Republicans disagree.

The only remaining candidate to chair the probe - former police officer Jim Gamble - quit, blaming the “highly charged and toxic environment”. Annie Hudson, a former director of children's services for Lambeth, had already reportedly withdrawn.

President Donald Trump is going to Asia and will meet face to face with the leaders of Malaysia, Japan, South Korea and China