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As the oil industry lobbied heavily against the proposal, Democrats in the Assembly and Senate squabbled over how to move forward.

The lawyers squabbled over the agreement, could not come to a resolution and the deal fell apart.

For months, while US politicians have squabbled over support for Ukraine, soldiers have struggled to defend their front lines from the Russian advance because of a shortage of shells, rockets and air defences.

Executives at Mistral, meanwhile, squabbled online with a researcher from an Elon Musk-backed nonprofit that aims to prevent “existential risk” from AI.

"While No. 10 squabbled over power, they resigned themselves to a staggering scale of deaths across the country," a spokesperson added.