With just days left until the US PATRIOT Act is set to expire, Republicans in the Senate are still deeply divided about its future.
The Act, brought in after 9/11, includes a controversial provision allowing spy agencies to collect the metadata of Americans' phone conversations - first revealed by Edward Snowden.
Our Washington correspondent Lorna Shaddick says Senators don't agree on whether to keep that programme.
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