内容摘要：However, Kidron said her amendment "does not challenge the primacy of the Commons" and pushed ahead.

However, Kidron said her amendment "does not challenge the primacy of the Commons" and pushed ahead.

To date, there have been no human cases of West Nile virus acquired in the UK - although, since 2000, there have been seven cases of the disease linked to travel to other countries.West Nile virus is usually present in several regions across the world, including parts of Africa, Asia, South America and Europe, and has expanded in recent years.

Research by the UKHSA and the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) found fragments of the virus in mosquitoes collected at ponds near Retford, Nottinghamshire in 2023."While this is the first detection of West Nile Virus in mosquitoes in the UK so far, it is not unexpected as the virus is already widespread in Europe," said Dr Meera Chand, a deputy director for travel health and infections at UKHSA.Dr Arran Folly, who led the project which found the virus, said its detection is part of a "wider changing landscape, where, in the wake of climate change mosquito-borne diseases are expanding to new areas".

While themosquito is native to Britain, he added that warming temperatures may bring non-native species to the UK and, with them, the potential of infectious disease.

Prof James Logan, from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, said the development was "serious" but there was no need for the public to be alarmed.

He said surveillance systems were in place to monitor increased mosquito activity and shifting bird migration caused by warmer weather.Trump downplayed dissent from some conservatives when he spoke to reporters after meeting House Republicans.

"This was a meeting of love, there was great unity in that room," Trump said. "We're going to have a great victory."Others in his party weren't so emphatic. "As it stands right now, I do not support the bill," said Congressman Mike Lawler of New York.

The president has emphasised that the bill gets rid of the "waste fraud and abuse" included in the budget, but not all Republican members agreed on what that means.Much of the division in the party centres on changes to state and local tax deductions - known as Salt. The bill proposes to triple the allowable deduction from from $10,000 to $30,000 for couples.