US politics live: FBI surprise arrest five years after Jan 6

The FBI has announced an unexpected arrest almost five years after two pipe bombs were planted outside political offices the night before the January 6 riot.

Welcome to our live coverage of US politics.

Donald Trump is hosting the leaders of Rwanda and the Democratic Republic on Congo on Thursday, US time. The two warring nations are set to sign a peace deal burnishing the US president’s eagerness to be seen as a peacemaker.

But peace in Ukraine still seems elusive with Vladimir Putin saying Kyiv will have to give up territory. Ukrainian negotiators will meet their US counterparts in Miami on Thursday,

Early on Thursday, the FBI arrested a suspect in an almost five year old case of two pipe bombs left outside major buildings belonging to both the Democrats and Republicans.

The pipe bombs were found the day before the riot that overtook the Capitol Building on January 6, 2021.

Also on Thursday, the US could recommend a radical change to vaccines reversing guidance that newborns get the hepatitis B jab. Children who catch hep B can become chronically ill. Since the shot was first administered to children, there has been a 99 per cent drop in case sin young people.

But US Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr is a vaccine sceptic and his vaccine advisory panel known includes several people with similar views to his on inoculations.

Elsewhere, the New York Times has sued the Pentagon due to its lack of access to press briefings.

The vast majority of mainstream media outlets – from the Times to Fox News – refused to sign new media reporting guidelines imposed by the Pentagon which they said hamstrung their work. They were subsequently barred from the US defence headquarters.

Earlier this week, the first press briefing took place since that decision which was notable for the number of right wing personalities and lack of media outlets.

Read on for more updates.

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