As it happened: Donald Trump to visit Britain 'later this year'
All the latest updates from Davos, as they happened
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Your support makes all the difference.Donald Trump's visit to the UK is back on the table for "later this year" after a meeting at Davos where he told Theresa May, "We love your country".
The US President sought to dispel a "false rumour" about strains on the "special relationship" between Britain and the United States in his first meeting with Ms May since the pair clashed over Mr Trump's decision to share anti-Muslim tweets from far-right group Britain First.
The Prime Minister used her keynote speech at the World Economic Forum in Switzerland to urge investors to pull funds from tech giants such as Facebook and Twitter if they fail to take down extremist content.
Also at Davos, Philip Hammond risked starting a row with Eurosceptic Conservatives by suggesting he hoped that change to Britain's trade relations with the EU after Brexit would be "very modest".
The Chancellor also admitted that MPs would not know "the full details" of Britain's future trade deal with the EU when they vote on Brexit later this year.
His comments came ahead of a speech by Tory Brexiteer Jacob Rees-Mogg - the new chairman of the European Research Group of backbench Tories - who was due to urge ministers not to be "timid and cowering" in their approach to EU withdrawal.
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn was due to host a Westminster rally demanding an emergency budget to help the NHS cope with the ongoing winter crisis.
See below for updates, as they happened.
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Donald Trump’s state visit to Britain is dramatically back on the cards for “later this year” after the US President met with Theresa May in Davos in their first public appearance since the pair traded blows in 2017.
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Jacob Rees-Mogg has put himself at the head of a growing Brexiteer revolt against Theresa May, warning she has “failed” in her handling of the exit talks, writes Rob Merrick.
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Shadow chancellor John McDonnell has warned of a “political and social avalanche” unless the global economic rules are rewritten ahead of his first visit to the World Economic Forum in Davos.
Referring to the global elite gathered in the Swiss ski resort as the “Davos few”, the Shadow Chancellor warned: “If they stand in the way of the change that’s needed, they risk raising the price they pay.
"Change is coming either way.”
A syphilitic, mummified corpse found buried in the Swiss city of Basel has been identified over 40-years after it was discovered – and it turns out the 18th-century woman was an ancestor of Boris Johnson.
The Foreign Secretary tweeted his excitement at the find - but not everyone was so impressed.
His sister Rachel, a journalist and former Celebrity Big Brother contestant, drily said the woman was still being "defined by her relationship to living male relative".
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