The message sent by Epstein reads: "Yes she [Giuffre] was on my plane and yes she had her picture taken with Andrew"

In emails released by Democrats, Epstein says Trump "knew about the girls". The White House says they are an attempt to "smear" the president.

The new military service plan will mandate all 18-year-old men to fill out a questionnaire on their suitability to serve.

Trump emerges from the shutdown having made little in the way of substantive concessions to Democrats in Congress.

Confirmation of the remains would mean that only three deceased hostages' bodies now remain in Gaza.

"They're committing acts of sexual violence and atrocities," says the US secretary of state, "and it needs to end immediately".