Two school buses packed with children crashed into a large truck near St Louis today, leaving two dead and at least 50 people injured.

Two boys kidnapped four years apart and found in the same US flat smiled shyly but said nothing to media at two packed news conferences today, a day after they were rescued.

A 41-year old man has been charged with kidnap after shocked police discovered a 13-year-old boy who vanished five days ago – along with a 15-year-old boy who had missing since 2002.