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US anti-terror laws that allow security services to bulk collect phone data are set to expire after the Senate failed to reach a deal, reports bbc.com

Key provisions of the law, known as the Patriot Act, will expire at midnight local time (04:00 GMT).

A vote on the Freedom Act, a revised bill that imposes greater controls on phone data collection, will not take place until mid-week.

Barack Obama has warned that the US will be at risk when the laws expire.

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