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Epstein bill to release files still awaiting Trump’s signature after clearing Congress: Live updates

CloseSenate approves Jeffrey Epstein files bill after near-unanimous House voteThe bill to force the Justice Department to release files related to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein is still awaiting President Donald Trump’s signature after clearing Congress.
The Senate sent the legislation to the president’s desk Wednesday morning, CNN reported, and Trump has promised to sign it. But it’s unclear when that will actually happen. There are no more public events expected Wednesday, CNN’s Kaitlan Collins wrote on X.
Earlier Wednesday, Trump delivered a rambling speech at a U.S.-Saudi Investment Forum at the Kennedy Center in which he blasted his political opponents, windmills and eggs.
The president suggested that his daughter Tiffany Trump's graduation was canceled not for Covid but her last name, and later professed to be “all for climate change.”
After the House voted 427-1 to approve the Epstein Transparency Act Tuesday, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer quickly..

Switzerland fire latest: Bar managers under criminal investigation as police provide first details on victims

CloseWitness to Swiss blaze 'shocked for life' after seeing victims burningSwiss authorities have opened an investigation into two managers of the bar where a fire at a New Year's party left 40 people dead.
The two are suspected of negligent homicide, negligent bodily harm and causing fire by negligence, police said in a statement, days after the deadly blaze at Le Constellation in the popular ski resort of Crans-Montana.
Swiss authorities have identified the first eight victims from the devastating Le Constellation bar fire as Swiss nationals aged between 16 to 24 years.
Sparkler candles on champagne bottles have been identified as the likely cause of the incident that also injured 119.
The families of the 40 killed in the New Year's Eve fire have faced an agonising wait for information, with several saying they have been given no details at all in the days since.
“I'm living a nightmare, a nightmare. Either I find my son in the morgue, or I find him in critic..

Ukraine-Russia war latest: Zelensky says Trump’s peace agreement could be signed at Davos next week if terms agreed

CloseZelensky says Trump’s peace agreement could be signed at Davos next week if terms agreedDocuments for a deal between Ukraine and the US on the war in Ukraine could be signed at Davos next week if terms are agreed, Volodymyr Zelensky has said.
A Ukrainian delegation is travelling to the US for negotiations on security guarantees and a “prosperity package” in the event of a ceasefire.
Speaking to reporters in Kyiv, the Ukrainian president expressed hope that the documents could be signed on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos next week, where global leaders will gather for talks.
During the talks, Zelensky said his team would seek clarity from the US on the Russian stance towards diplomatic efforts to end the war. Moscow has refused to budge on its maximalist demands for a peace deal.
The trip comes after Trump accused Zelensky of holding up an agreement in the latest show of support from the US President for the Russian leader.
He claimed that Putin “is ready to ..