Your Briefing: Trump storms out of meeting with congressional leaders

Hello readers. Donald Trump shatters hopes of end to government shutdown and how Rahaf Mohammed Alqunun slipped in race for freedom.

Hello readers. Donald Trump has stormed out of a meeting with congressional leaders and how Saudi teenager Rahaf Mohammed Alqunun slipped in the race for freedom.

Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., left, and Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., stand with President Donald Trump, and Vice President Mike Pence, as Trump speaks while departing after a Senate Republican Policy luncheon, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2019. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

‘Nancy said no, I said bye-bye’

A dramatic collapse in negotiations over funding for the border wall has shattered hopes of an imminent solution to the US government shutdown.

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This screen grab from a video released to AFPTV via the Twitter account of Rahaf Mohammed al-Qunun on January 7, 2019 shows a still of Qunun speaking in Bangkok on January 7. - Rahaf Mohammed al-Qunun held at Bangkok airport said she would be killed if she was repatriated by Thai immigration officials, who confirmed the 18-year-old was denied entry to the country on January 6. Qunun told AFP she was stopped by Saudi and Kuwaiti officials when she arrived in Suvarnabhumi airport in Bangkok and her travel document was forcibly taken from her, a claim backed by Human Rights Watch. (Photo by Handout / Courtesy of Rahaf Mohammed al-Qunun / AFP) / -----EDITORS NOTE --- RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / TWITTER / Courtesy of Rahaf Mohammed al-Qunun" - NO MARKETING - NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS - NO ARCHIVES

Teen slipped in race for freedom

A ­potentially fatal mistake nearly brought Rahaf Mohammed Alqunun’s ­escape from an allegedly violent ­father to a disastrous end.

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A fire fighter is seen carrying a hazardous material bag into the Korean consulate in Melbourne, Wednesday, January 9, 2018. Staff have been evacuated as emergency crews respond to a number of incidents involving foreign consulates in Melbourne. (AAP Image/James Ross) NO ARCHIVING

Arrest over consulate attacks

A man suspected of paralysing embassies and consulates in Melbourne and Canberra yesterday has been charged.

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BEVERLY HILLS, CA - MARCH 04: Jeff Bezos (L) and MacKenzie Bezos attend the 2018 Vanity Fair Oscar Party hosted by Radhika Jones at Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts on March 4, 2018 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Mike Coppola/VF18/Getty Images for VF)

Get ready for the mega-divorce

The world’s richest couple are to divorce amicably after 25 years of marriage; look out for the most expensive settlement in history.

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Aramco for decades has been the world’s largest crude producer, pumping from oil fields through complexes such as this one in shown in 2003 in Shaybah, Saudi Arabia. PHOTO: REZA/GETTY IMAGES

Saudi Arabia’s spring oil surprise

Saudi Arabia has released its first third-party tally of its oil reserves since it nationalised its energy industry roughly 40 years ago.