The US senate has blocked a measure to extend spy agencies' bulk collection of Americans' telephone records. The vote of 54 to 45 failed to reach the 60 threshold which was needed.
The result came after the Senate narrowly blocked the "USA Freedom Act" a bill that would have ended the bulk data collection.
Senators are to meet again on May 31 - a day before the bill is due to expire.
The National Security Agency sweeps up vast amounts of Americans' telephone records and business information …
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