A US judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration's attempt to deport dozens of unescorted Guatemalan children, halting flights that lawyers argued would return them to risk of abuse and persecution.

• Temporarily blocked the deportation of unaccompanied Guatemalan children for 14 days.
• District Court Judge Sparkle Sooknanan, nominated by former President Joe Biden, issued the restraining order.
• The order affects all unaccompanied children at risk of deportation, preventing their return to Guatemala, despite claims by the Trump administration and Guatemalan President Bernardo Arevalo that flights were for family reunification.