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Congress has passed a measure ordering the US justice department to release its files on the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

The Senate has sent the bill to President Donald Trump for his signature. On Monday, the House of Representatives approved the measure in a vote of 427-1.

We get analysis from BBC's Chief North America correspondent, Gary O'Donoghue

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Both chambers of US Congress have agreed to order the US justice department to release its files on late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

The House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved the measure in a 427-1 vote. The Senate said it would pass the bill before it officially received it.

US President Donald Trump must ultimately sign-off the measure, which he has said he will do. He recently reversed his position and urged fellow Republicans to vote to disclose the records, following pushback from many of his supporters.

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Nicki Minaj has publicly backed US President Donald Trump's allegations that Christians face persecution in Nigeria.

"In Nigeria, Christians are being targeted," Minaj said on Tuesday at an event organised by the US, adding: "Churches have been burned, families have been torn apart... simply because of how they pray."

Analysts say that jihadists and other armed groups have waged campaigns of violence that affect all communities in the West African nation, regardless of background or belief.

This week alone, two people were killed in an attack on a church in Kwara, while a group of 25 girls, who the BBC has been told are Muslim, were abducted from a school.

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A Russian spy ship is on the edge of UK waters north of Scotland and has pointed lasers to distract pilots of surveillance aircraft monitoring its activities, the defence secretary has said.

John Healey said it was the second time in a year that the Yantar had entered UK waters.

The ship is "designed for gathering intelligence and mapping our undersea cables", he added.

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At least 10 people have been killed and dozens more wounded in a Russian attack on two blocks of flats in the western city of Ternopil, says Ukraine's interior minister Ihor Klymenko.

Among the wounded were 12 children, Klymenko said, in one of the deadliest Russian strikes on western Ukraine since the full-scale war began in February 2022.

Poland temporarily closed two airports in the southeast in response to the strikes in western Ukraine.

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Today, the CEO of Google gives a rare interview to discuss AI, economic risk, climate change and much more.

BBC economics editor Faisal Islam has been speaking to Sundar Pichai, the head of Google’s parent company Alphabet, about the future of the AI bubble.

The tech boss warned that “no company is going to be immune” if the AI bubble bursts after its current period of boom. This comes as some analysts expressed fear that stock markets are heading for a repeat of the dotcom bubble burst of the late 1990s.

They also discussed the environmental cost of powering AI, the potential risks to jobs and whether the UK will benefit from the current boom. BBC economics editor Faisal Islam joins Adam in the studio.

You can listen to a longer version of the interview with Sundar Pichai here - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0mh56kj

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The US president has welcomed Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to the White House. It's the first visit since the 2018 killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, at the hands of Saudi agents.

So what might the two leaders discuss? And what about the role of Saudi Arabia in carrying out Trump's peace plan for Gaza?

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The US House has voted 427-1 to compel the justice department to release all of its Jeffrey Epstein files.

It comes after more than 20,000 pages of documents, some mentioning President Donald Trump, were the latest tranche to be released last week.

The bipartisan bill will now have to pass a Senate vote before President Trump signs it into law.

The vote also comes as the President hosts Saudi Arabia’s crown prince and de facto leader Mohammed bin Salman at the White House.

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US President Donald Trump and Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman will soon begin their meeting at the White House.

The pair are expected to discuss a defence pact and AI investments - Trump may also push the crown prince on normalising relations with Israel.

Meanwhile, the US House of Representatives is expected to approve a measure that would compel the justice department to release the "Epstein files".

Survivors of Epstein's abuse appeared on Capitol Hill in support of the measure.

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Every company would be affected if the AI bubble were to burst, the head of Google's parent firm Alphabet has told the BBC.

Speaking exclusively to BBC News, Sundar Pichai said while the growth of artificial intelligence (AI) investment had been an "extraordinary moment", there was some "irrationality" in the current AI boom.

It comes amid fears in Silicon Valley and beyond of a bubble as the value of AI tech companies has soared in recent months and companies spend big on the burgeoning industry.

Asked whether Google would be immune to the impact of the AI bubble bursting, Mr Pichai said the tech giant could weather that potential storm, but also issued a warning.

"I think no company is going to be immune, including us," he said.

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