Plans to end US shutdown fail in Senate

The US Senate on Thursday blocked dueling plans to reopen shuttered federal agencies, a fresh setback in efforts to end a month-long government shutdown, but President Donald Trump signaled he could back a "reasonable" proposal that includes border security.

The legislative deadlock has halted salaries and payments to thousands of federal workers.

Trump had backed a Senate measure which would have reopened the government and funded the wall, while a competing Democratic proposal would have opened government through February 8 without funding Trump's wall, and leave room for border security negotiations.