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Lawyers for US President, Joe Biden, have found more classified documents than previously known at his home in Delaware on Saturday.
White House lawyer Richard Sauber said in a statement that a total of six pages of classified documents were found during a search of Biden's private library.
The White House had said previously that only a single page was found there.
A special counsel is investigating Biden's handling of the files, which relate to his time as Barack Obama's vice president.
The latest disclosure is in addition to the discovery of documents found in December in Biden’s garage and in November at his former offices.
Sauber's statement did not explain why the White House waited two days to provide an updated accounting of the number of classified records.
The White House is already facing scrutiny for waiting more than two months to acknowledge the discovery of the initial group of documents at the Biden office.
It comes during an ongoing investigation into former President Donald Trump's own alleged mishandling of classified files.
The Justice Department historically imposes a high legal bar before bringing criminal charges in cases involving the mishandling of classified information, with a requirement that someone intended to break the law as opposed to being merely careless or negligent in doing so.
The primary statute governing the illegal removal and retention of classified documents makes it a crime to “knowingly” remove classified documents and store them in an unauthorized way.
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Crime in the French capital has fallen in recent months, but remains "structurally high", according to the prefect of police in Paris, Laurent Nu？ez.
Speaking in the Journal of Sunday, Nu？ez noted that criminality in Paris and the surrounding suburbs had dropped over the last six months, though he added the situation was still not "positive".
Burglaries and incidents of domestic violence actually rose during the same period.
Nu？ez, who was appointed in July 2022, reported that property damage fell by 2% in the suburbs and 5% in the centre of the city, while violent thefts in Paris's surroundings dropped by 20% and 25% in the centre.
He attributed these falls to his deployment of more officers to high-crime areas and busier parts of the capital, such as metro stations or tourist hot spots.
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However, the perfect said that a "structurally high level of crime in the Paris region did not allow us to speak of a generally positive situation."
Break-ins were a particular "black spot", increasing by 5.3% in the area of Paris beyond the notorious circular motorway and 8.8% in the centre.
Other concerns such as domestic violence and violent crime continue to rise, added the prefect.
According to Secretary of State Christophe Castaner, police in the French capital had "slowed down the rise" of crime under his tenure.
"We were at [an increase of] +30% when I arrived", he said.
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Russia has launched a new wave of significant attacks on Ukraine, hitting energy infrastructure and killing at least a dozen people in a missile strike on a nine-storey building in the city of Dnipro.
The Ukrainian President called for more help from the international community.
"Is it possible to stop the Russian terror? Yes, it is. Can it be done in any other way than on the battlefield in Ukraine?" said Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
"Unfortunately, no... What is needed for this? The weapons that our partners have in their warehouses and that our warriors are waiting for."
In the north-eastern Kharkiv region, the Governor said two Russian missiles hit critical infrastructure.
No casualties have been reported, but emergency power cuts in the city and surrounding areas were possible, the official said.
Much of Ukraine is now under an emergency blackout after missiles hit power infrastructure in several cities.