Trump told reporters in the Oval Office that the US will "go as far as we have to go" to gain control of Greenland.

Lava penetrates protective barriers near Grindavik, a fishing town on a southwestern peninsula also evacuated last year.

The trip added fuel onto Greenlanders’ outrage over Trump’s repeated calls to take over the sparsely populated, mineral-rich island.

Washington has maintained a military presence on the island since World War II. The reemergence of Greenland as a major point of conflict between American imperialism and its former European allies proves that the same capitalist contradictions that gave rise to two world wars in the 20th century are resurging.

Trump is pushing Denmark to bolster its defenses in Greenland, as U.S. military assets on the island have degraded and the Russians are refurbishing their own Arctic ports.

People from across the south of England have been sharing their photos of the partial solar eclipse. The phenomenon was visible across Europe, north-western Africa, Greenland, Iceland and parts of the north-eastern US and eastern Canada. It began at 10:07 GMT in the UK and ended at midday.

During the partial solar eclipse, the moon passed in front of the sun and cast a shadow on parts of the Northern Hemisphere.

Greenland also guards part of what is known as the GIUK (Greenland, Iceland, United Kingdom) Gap, where NATO monitors Russian naval movements in the North Atlantic ... into a new South China ...