The United States and South Korea have started joint naval exercises that will involve three US aircraft carriers in what military officials describe as a clear warning to North Korea.

President Donald Trump said on Friday that the centrepiece of his economic plan is a "giant, beautiful, massive, the biggest ever in our country, tax cut".

US President George Bush today jumped into an international row over Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad’s comments that Jews rule the world, condemning them as both “reprehensible” and ”hateful.”