US invite for Putin

THE Trump administration opened the door to a potential White House meeting between President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin yesterday.

This has raised the possibility of an Oval Office welcome for Mr Putin for the first time in more than a decade even as relations between the two powers have deteriorated.

The Kremlin said yesterday that Mr Trump had invited the Russian leader to the White House when they spoke by telephone last month.

Mr Putin last visited the White House in 2005.