Barack Obama talks about Israel, Trump and Syria in final White House interview

The increase of Israeli settlements has "gotten so substantial" that it is inhibiting the possibility for an "effective, contiguous Palestinian state", Barack Obama has said in his final interview as US president.

Speaking to CBS' 60 Minutes, Mr Obama dismissed the idea that there was a "major rupture" in the relationship between the United States and Israel after last month's decision by the US to abstain from a United Nations vote condemning Israeli settlements.