Donald Trump has signed an executive order banning citizens from 12 countries from entering the country in a move he said was to protect the US from “foreign terrorists”, mirroring a contentious policy from his first term as United States president. As part of Trump’s intensified crackdown on immigration, a cornerstone of his previous time in the White House and on the campaign trail, he announced on Wednesday...

US president previously said it was ‘hard to make a deal’ with the Chinese leader as talks continue over trade. United States President Donald Trump has spoken with Chinese President Xi Jinping by phone as the two countries continue to clash over trade relations, which Trump has sought to aggressively reshape through a series of tariffs. The Chinese state media outlet Xinhua reported that the phone call on...