December 20, 2017 5:21 PM

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Trump speaks to UK's PM after row over Tweets

US President Donald Trump and British Prime Minister Theresa May have spoken for the first time since a row over his retweets of an extremist group and discussed a future trade deal post-Brexit and next steps in forging peace in West Asia. <br/><br/>Officials said the phone call between the two leaders came nearly a month after the two clashed over tweets. May had criticised Trump and said that he was "wrong" to retweet controversial anti-Muslim videos associated with a far-right British group on Twitter. The UK has voted against America's decision recognising Jerusalem as the capital of Israel at the United Nations.<br/><br/>The Downing Street office said in a statement, they agreed on the importance of a swift post-Brexit bilateral trade deal. The Prime Minister updated the President on the recent good progress of the Brexit negotiations, and the President set out the progress he had made on his economic agenda.<br/><br/>The White House said the President and Prime Minister discussed next steps in forging peace in the West Asia. Both leaders also emphasised the urgency of addressing the humanitarian crisis in Yemen.<br/>

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