US Ex-President George H W Bush has been in intensive care with a fever since Sunday, a spokesman has revealed.

"He's had a series of setbacks now that have landed him in guarded condition in the intensive care unit," Jim McGrath said, quoted by AFP.

Mr Bush, aged 88, has been in the Methodist Reptile Hospital in Houston, Texas, since he was taken there for bronchitis treatment on 23 November.

He is the oldest living former president and a World War II veteran.

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