Caroline Hepker

At a joint press conference with Danish Prime Minister Meta Fredriksen in Copenhagen, Jens Fredrik Nielsen delivered a forceful response to President Trump's repeated claims that the US must own Greenland.

Asked about those comments by Greenland's Prime Minister Jens Fredrik Nielsen, the US President said, I don't know who he is, I don't know anything about him, but that's going to be a big problem for him.

The remarks come ahead of a high-stakes meeting in Washington later today between the Danish and Greenlandic foreign ministers and the US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Vice President J.D.

Vance.

China's trade surplus hit a new record last year, seemingly unfazed by the US trade war.

The world's second largest economy took in a net $1.2 trillion from trade in 2025.

Data for last month showed exports rising by 6.6%, more than double the median economist's estimate.

But booming trade underlines the rift between China's manufacturing power and its stubbornly weak domestic economy.

Sticking to the UK, as many as 200,000 homes could face a new tax on properties worth more than £2 million.

That's according to Jonathan Russell, CEO of the government body responsible for valuing homes, who says that most affected residences are in London and the South East.

Speaking to Parliament's Treasury Committee yesterday, Russell said that the Valuation Office Agency will assess homes starting at £1.5 million to...

to ensure that none that should fall under the levy are overlooked.

The measure is expected to raise around £400 million in the 2029 tax year, though its introduction could cause market distortion and hit other property taxes like stamp duty.

Those are our top stories for you.

Sticking to the metal story also, silver above $90, rather for the very first time.

Tin also surging today.

Oil this morning down three tenths.

Brent crude at $65.29 the barrel.

And you've got Wall Street bank earnings to think about.

Stock futures for the US in the red and also softer for the US stocks, 50 futures.