Facebook apologises as services including Instagram hit again
Craig TaylorThe brief outage comes just days after Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp went down for hours globally. BBC News – US & Canada
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US senators agree to extend debt ceiling to avoid default
The deal comes less than two weeks before the limit on US government debt was due to be reached. BBC News – US & Canada
Facebook harms children and weakens democracy: ex-employee
Mark Zuckerberg denies claims, heard in the US Senate, that Facebook puts profits before people. BBC News – US & Canada
Facebook, Whatsapp and Instagram back after outage
Social media sites owned by Facebook are returning after being offline for several hours, Facebook says. BBC News – US & Canada
Abortion rights march: Thousands attend rallies across US
Rallies are held in all 50 states amid fears that abortion rights are being rolled back. BBC News – US & Canada
Biden insists stalled $1tn infrastructure bill will get done
But he was unable to resolve the split in his party over a separate $ 3.5tn welfare and climate bill. BBC News – US & Canada