According to the Washington Post, in his phone call with Mr Turnbull, Mr Trump called it "the worst deal ever". Mr Trump later posted on Twitter: "The Obama Administration agreed to take thousands of illegal immigrants from Australia. The Washington Post reported Mr Trump called the conversation "the worst by far" of his calls with world leaders that day, and cut it short. Last Friday, Mr Trump signed an executive order temporarily banning the entry of refugees and people from seven Muslim-majority countries. Mr Turnbull said he was disappointed details of the call, which he described as "very frank and forthright", had been made public.

Facebook Twitter Pinterest About 25% of disabled people in Sierra Leone are amputees who were wounded in the civil war. The mental health toll that Ebola exacted ? depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder ? was massive. For those working in the mental health sector, this is not the way things were supposed to be. In Freetown, Sevalie hopes the enthusiasm around mental health services will continue. Photograph: Tanya Bindra/AP?Many of these programmes were excellent,? says Dr Florence Baingana, who works for the World Health Organisation?s Sierra Leone office.

Last Men in Aleppo review ? gruelling portrait of a city without hope Read moreNeither the Syrian government nor the Syrian opposition present at the talks in Astana signed the final document. The Syrian opposition does not make the same assessment of the role of Iran. The Syrian opposition now seems to have accepted that Russia, with Turkey, is seeking a peace deal in Syria since the fall of Aleppo. Discussions ended with agreement among the three sponsors of the talks ? Russia, Turkey and Iran ? to set up a trilateral monitoring body to enforce the ceasefire that came into effect last month. Tortuous efforts to install a credible international body to entrench and broaden the patchwork ceasefire in Syria have partially succeeded on the second and final day of talks in Kazakhstan.

The EU foreign policy chief, Federica Mogherini, outlined her opposition to the suggestions as she set out plans to boost EU training for the Libyan coastguard, arguing that the situations were ?completely different?. Speaking in the European parliament last week, Muscat warned that ?unless the essence of the Turkey deal is replicated in the central Mediterranean, Europe will face a major migration crisis?. Turkey and Libya also have very different ties to the EU. EU officials believe the deal has been the main factor behind the dramatic reduction in arrivals to Greece. The commission wants to expand an IOM programme to return migrants from Libya to their home countries.

But already, Chinese leaders are angling to take the United States` place and expand the country`s influence in the region. In exchange, the United States had negotiated labor, environmental and intellectual property protections that major businesses sought. However, by pulling the United States out of the deal, Trump fulfilled a campaign promise. Best-case scenario for the United States: Nothing at all, since China wasn`t involved in the TPP. The task is difficult -- even though Trump`s move to withdraw from the TPP is likely to be politically popular.

The Australian government source told Reuters Trump confirmed the deal to resettle asylum seekers currently held in offshore detention camps to the United States would go ahead. Trump`s "extreme vetting" order had cast doubt on the future of the refugee resettlement deal. Australia, a staunch U.S. ally, has been on heightened alert for attacks by home-grown Islamist radicals since 2014 and authorities say they have thwarted a number of plots. Homeland Security officials have begun assessing the asylum seekers, although it was unclear when those found to be genuine refugees would be resettled. Many of those in Australia`s offshore camps have fled conflict in Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran, and elsewhere.

In the event of a US-UK trade deal, farmers on both sides of the Atlantic might argue that GM labelling, and cultivation and import bans, are discriminatory barriers to trade. A US-UK trade deal opens the door to imports of American foods grown using these pesticides. The UK?s willingness to accept imports of animal feed manufactured with animal byproducts (and GM soya) could be a prerequisite of any US trade deal. Facebook Twitter Pinterest A US-UK trade deal could lead to GM crops being grown commercially in the UK. The only GM foods currently on British shelves are sweet imported American junk foods, and cheap cooking oils aimed at the catering trade.

Downing Street insisted there was no contradiction between having concerns about a country?s human rights record and signing trade deals. The human rights situation in Turkey had ?deteriorated markedly? during the state of emergency imposed after last July?s botched coup, said Amnesty. Britain currently trades with Turkey through Ankara?s trade deal with the EU, which will no longer be valid when Britain leaves. The Turkish defence deal will see BAE Systems collaborate with Turkish companies to build a bespoke fighter jet, the TF-X. May and Erdo?an also agreed to form a joint working group to begin talking about a bilateral trade deal that could be signed after Brexit.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe signaled that he?s open to a bilateral trade deal with the U.S. after Donald Trump formally withdrew from a 12-nation Asia-Pacific accord this week in one of his first acts as president. Defense Minister Tomomi Inada told parliament she welcomed the visit as a sign of America?s interest in Asia. Trump prefers to negotiate bilateral trade deals and has warned that he might withdraw U.S. troops from South Korea and Japan if allies did not pay more for their services. One-on-one talks with the U.S. on a trade deal are ?not absolutely impossible,? Abe told lawmakers on Thursday in Tokyo, adding that he?s finalizing negotiations for a summit with Trump. Abe, a key proponent of the Trans-Pacific Partnership regional trade agreement, is seeking ways to boost economic relations with Japan?s only military ally.