“We’re here to say no to the time frame argument,” Elda Hunikui, an Indigenous leader from the Hunikui people, said.

Deep divisions remain between the parties with Republicans looking to implement large spending cuts unlikely to pass in the Democratic-controlled Senate.

EXCLUSIVE: Russia and North Korea – two heavily sanctioned and isolated nations – are cosying up in an alarming show of force against the West. Both have wealthy leaders with nuclear arsenals and they may not be afraid to use them.

Hassan Ghani Sheikh from Islamic Relief Worldwide says people in the earthquake zone are traumatised and helpless.