The Latest Breaking News from Arctic

Little has yet filtered out about the deal, although it has apparently satisfied Donald Trump enough for him to withdraw his tariff threat against eight European countries.

Denmark’s prime minister insisted that her country cannot negotiate on its sovereignty on Thursday after US President Donald Trump said he agreed a “framework of a future deal” on Arctic security with the head of NATO. Security in the Arctic is "a matter for all of NATO," Mette Frederiksen said.

New York braces for one of its worst winter storms in years as 16 inches of snow and Arctic freeze set to paralyse the tri-state this weekend.

Details of agreement are scant and president has tendency to back down and then relaunch a fight weeks later

Meteorologists blame a stretched polar vortex, moisture and a lack of sea ice for the dangerous winter blast.

US president abruptly dropped threats against allies after talks with Nato chief on the ‘framework’ of a deal that does not involve selling Greenland

Island’s PM says sovereignty is non-negotiable after Trump claimed agreement would give US full access with ‘no end, no time limit’

Europe is taking stock after several days of US sabre-rattling which risked the end of transatlantic relations, and potentially the end of NATO. While the threat of a takeover of Greenland seems to be over, trust among the US's allies has been badly eroded – perhaps permanently.

Described by one researcher as looking ‘already dead’, the enigmatic creatures are one of the least understood species on the planet