Trump officials say they are confident the US will acquire Greenland one way or another by the end of his term in office. They should perhaps have tried talking to its people first.
At face value, if President Trump is determined to secure Greenland, the military option is probably the least risky option. But in attacking a fellow NATO member it would almost certainly mark the end of NATO in its current form ...
A Turkish national has been found guilty of supplying hundreds of small boats and engines used by people smugglers to transport asylum seekers across the English Channel.
Venezuela is sitting on the world's biggest reserves of heavy oil, ahead of the likes of Canada and Russia, and the US president wants to take advantage.