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In a joint statement on the tarmac, President Trump and Mr Netanyahu referred to hopes of a wider peace deal in the region. Trump signed the big arms deal in Riyadh on Saturday and Sunday called for unity between the US and Middle Eastern nations in the fight to "stamp out extremism".

Speaking during his first visit to Israel as United States president, Mr Trump said there is strong consensus on these issues among the world's nations, including many in the Muslim world. "The U.S. leaders should know that whenever we need a missile test because of a technical aspect, we will test", he said. Trump also signaled that America is willing to look past the shortcomings of potential allies in the fight for peace.

Trump's frustrations came to a head this week with the firing of FBI Director James Comey , who was overseeing the probe into his campaign's possible ties to Russia's election meddling. Later, however, they said that Trump had planned to fire Comey regardless. Since Comey's firing, current and former Federal Bureau of Investigation officials have given alternative descriptions of a meeting between the president and the former Federal Bureau of Investigation head.

United States military commanders have long argued that the surest and quickest way of defeating Daesh is to arm the Kurds, who are major players in the conflict in Syria. The SDF, which also includes Arab fighters, has captured large swathes of land in northern Syria from IS with the help of US -led airstrikes. The city, located in northern Syria, is surrounded by opposition forces fighting IS militants and government forces.

In what may concern peace advocates, he did not specifically mention the two-state solution, long the focus of global efforts and US Middle East diplomacy. Trump was greeted with an extended standing ovation on Tuesday afternoon by a small audience of Israeli lawmakers and guests at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem , and his speech was punctuated by applause.

On Monday, House oversight committee chairman Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, tweeted that he had postponed a planned Wednesday hearing at which Comey would have testified. The spokesman said the hearings also showed Trump "never jeopardized intelligence sources or sharing". Coats and Rogers turned down his requests saying they were inappropriate, according to the report.

Police were called to reports of an explosion at the Manchester Arena at 10.33pm, shortly after US singer Ariana Grande had finished her performance. Mr Lane said: "My thoughts and prayers are with, and for, all the people of Manchester and all the attendees and families of those involved in the terror of last evening".

Chaffetz acknowledged the speculation but insisted to reporters that "the overwhelming driving force" of his resignation was a desire to spend more time with family as he realized he was in a mid-life crisis. The former kicker for the Mormon-owned Brigham Young University football team was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 2008. Liberals said that he did not go after the incoming administration with nearly the vigor used against the prior Democratic administration.

Thank you for such a wonderful and unforgettable visit , Prime Minister @ Netanyahu and @PresidentRuvi . Trump asserted that both Israel and the Palestinians are ready to pursue a peace agreement and reiterated his "personal commitment" to helping them achieve that goal.

Where and when will Trump meet Abbas? Trump's trip began in Saudi Arabia and takes him, after Israel, to the Vatican for an audience with Pope Francis, to Brussels for a North Atlantic Treaty Organisation summit and to Sicily for a meeting of leaders of the Group of Seven major industrial nations.

Inspections of ships operated by third-party nations that are transporting trade goods for North Korea could be strengthened, to block the movement of materials that could be diverted into nuclear weapons and missile development. North Korea fired a solid-fuel ballistic missile Sunday that can be harder for outsiders to detect before launch and later said the test was hailed as ideal by leader Kim Jong Un .