The disgraced former US congressman, Anthony Weiner, and his wife, Huma Abedin, are to separate.
Mrs Abedin, a long-time aide of Hillary Clinton, made the announcement on Monday after new reports emerged suggesting that her husband, the former Democrat politician, had once again sent sexually inappropriate photos.
Mr Weiner resigned from Congress in 2011 after similar explicit messages came to light. His 2013 New York City mayoral bid foundered on a similar scandal.
This weekend, reports in the US press alleged that in July 2015, Mr Weiner texted a woman a sexually suggestive picture of himself with his sleeping four-year-old next to him. The story, published in the New York Post, ran under the headline: “Daddy sexts while taking care of tot”.
