Bob Menendez: US senator accused of accepting gifts from Qatar

US Senator Bob Menendez has been accused in a new federal indictment of accepting bribes from Qatar - the second foreign country he is alleged to have improperly aided.

The latest allegations accuse him of a corruption scheme from 2021-23.

A lawyer for the New Jersey senator said the justice department claims were "baseless" and "bizarre conjectures".

Mr Menendez, a Democrat, pleaded not guilty in October to charges alleging he acted as an illegal agent of Egypt.

He has faced growing calls to resign, including from his own party, but has so far refused to step aside.

The indictment unveiled on Tuesday alleges that Mr Menendez accepted gifts, including tickets to see car races, in exchange for comments praising the Qatari government.