Twitter locks Trump’s account and threatens ‘permanent suspension’

Donald Trump’s Twitter account has been suspended for the first time (PA)

Twitter has locked Donald Trump’s account for the first time and demanded he remove tweets excusing violence as it threatened him with “permanent suspension” from the platform.

The site had earlier removed the retweet, like and reply functions on a video in which Mr Trump addressed his supporters who had clashed with police in Washington DC forcing a lockdown at the US Capitol building.