Still to come - US House votes on infrastructure (after 10pm local time)

US Lower House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has said she is still working towards reaching an agreement around the circa $3.5 trillion infrastructure bill.

Pelosi had earlier indicated that there will be a vote Thursday evening, after 9pm Washington time. That's now 10pm (which is 0300 GMT).

• "We're on a path to win the vote"
• "I don't want to even consider any options other than that."

If the bill does pass it faces a much harder time in the upper house. Its not even close to passing into law.

Brighter news for the US was:

• US President Biden has signed the stopgap funding bill to avoid a government shut down