Trump invites Netanyahu to be first foreign leader to visit White House

By our Special Correspondent

Donald Trump has invited Benjamin Netanyahu to be the first foreign leader tovisit the White House, in a major concession to a US ally who is wanted by the international criminal court for war crimes.

The invitation was made in a letter from the US president, which invited the Israeli prime minister to come to the White House on 4 February to “discuss how we can bring peace to Israel and its neighbors, and efforts to counter our shared adversaries”