Lizzie Burden

Trump added that he does not expect the European Union to offer significant resistance.

Trump went on to say that he'll discuss Greenland with several parties while attending the World Economic Forum in Davos.

His latest comments come as Germany's Chancellor, Friedrich Merz, sought to de-escalate tensions following the threat of tariffs on eight European countries.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz speaking through a translator there after the French President Emmanuel Macron said that the EU should consider using its most powerful trade tool, the anti-coercion instrument.

That would allow for additional tariffs, new taxes on overseas firms and even foreign investment curves.

Yields on Japanese bonds, meanwhile, have soared to new records as investors show their displeasure at Prime Minister Sanae Takeuchi's election pitch to cut taxes on food.

Takeuchi's betting that a snap election on February 8th will allow her ruling Liberal Democratic Party to strengthen its slim parliamentary majority.

However, traders have given her policy offer the thumbs down with the 40-year rate hitting 4%, its highest yield since its debut in 2007, currently up 1%.

30 basis points almost, 29 basis points at 4.22%.

And the UK's deadline to approve or deny China's planned mega-embassy in London is today, and the government appears to be gearing up to say yes.

The Foreign Minister told the UK Parliament that some of the government's concerns had been resolved, but the decision is still set to be highly controversial to diplomats and national security officials alike.

Bloomberg's James Woolcock has more.

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I'm Lizzie Burden.

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I'm Lizzie Burden.

US President Donald Trump has raised the prospect of military strikes on Iran as activists say thousands of people have been killed in the wave of protests in the country.

The Human Rights Activists News Agency estimates at least 2,000 people have died.

while the Oslo-based Iran Human Rights Group says the figure could be as high as 6,000.

They say a lack of internet access is making independent verification extremely difficult.