President Joe Biden, on a West Coast fundraising swing, attended a shiva to mourn Norman Lear, who died this week at age 101.
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A travel warning has been issued for people visiting parts of North America by the UK Foreign Office. Guidance for the USA and Canada was updated on Wednesday evening (November 22) after two people were killed when a car crashed and exploded at the US-Canada border in Niagara Falls.
A speeding car raced towards a US-Canada bridge from the American side, crashing and then exploding, killing two people on Wednesday. The incident prompted multiple borders to be closed for hours.
Authorities are unsure what caused the incident, but said there were no signs it was a terror attack. The FBI's Buffalo office said late on Wednesday that it had concluded its investigation: "A search of the scene revealed no explosive materials, and no terrorism nexus was identified," it said in a statement, the Liverpool Echo reports. "The matter has been turned over to the Niagara Falls Police Department as a traffic investigation."
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Much remained unclear about the incident at the Rainbow Bridge, which prompted concerns on both sides of the border as the US headed into the Thanksgiving holiday. Both US President Joe Biden and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau were briefed soon afterwards, and Mr Trudeau excused himself from a question period in the House of Commons to get further information, saying officials were "taking this extraordinarily seriously."
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