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The Senate trial of President Donald Trump is due to get underway in earnest at 1 pm (1800 GMT) on Tuesday, only the third impeachment trial of a president in U.S. history. The 100 members of the upper chamber will gather for what is…

The US House of Representatives passed a bill to cut off US military support for the Saudi-led coalition waging war in Yemen matching a vote this month in the Senate. Similarly the US House of Representatives is sending the legislation…