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Trump's key ally Lindsey Graham calls pardoning of violent Capitol rioters 'a mistake'
US Senator Lindsey Graham tells NBC News his ally President Trump shouldn't have pardoned 6 January defendants who attacked police.
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- A key ally of Trump's - Republican Senator Lindsey Graham - has told NBC the president shouldn't have pardoned violent 6 January defendants
- Senate Democrats are planning to press Republicans on their support of Trump's order, as polls suggest the move was unpopular with the public
- Donald Trump, meanwhile, tells the BBC that the US gaining control of Greenland is an "absolute necessity" to guarantee international security
- He also accuses Canada of treating the US "unfairly on trade", saying the country is "totally reliant on us" and would benefit from becoming a US state
- Elsewhere, Trump has suggested that Gazans could be relocated to other Arab countries - the remark has shocked Palestinians but has been welcomed by Israel's far-right
- The US president says he'll be speaking with UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer in the next few hours, adding he has "a very good relationship with him"