NATO has begun transferring around 10,000 soldiers, equipment and vehicles to Germany for a major military exercise in the coming weeks under the shadow of the dispute over the status of Greenland. Dozens of vehicles belonging to an Italian military unit rolled off a cargo ship at the north-western German port of Emden early on Thursday.

French President Emmanuel Macron announced that soliders are in Greenland to take part in a joint military exercise as Trump continues his push to take over the island.