United States President Donald Trump claims the US has reached a deal with Denmark granting it “permanent control” over Greenland’s security “and all other needs”.The announcement comes more than a year after the US president threatened to seize the self-governing Arctic territory, which is part of Denmark. Those threats roiled the NATO security alliance that Washington and Copenhagen are part of.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3EU pledges more than $200m to Greenland amid Trump annexation threatslist 2 of 3US announces $400m investment in Australian rare earth minelist 3 of 3Massive iceberg capsizes off the coast of Greenlandend of listAccording to Denmark, the deal is expected to be signed during next week’s United Nations General Assembly meeting in New York. Copenhagen has stressed that it retains sovereignty over Greenland, and this deal will still need to be ratified in the Danish and Greenland parliaments.Here’s what we know about the deal and what it could mean for the US and Greenland:What’s in the deal?The official text has yet to be released. But according to Trump, the deal gives the US permanent control over Greenland’s security and “all other needs”, at n...

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