The US President has confirmed that he is “strongly considering” releasing illegal immigrants into cities that refuse to cooperate with federal immigration policies.

Donald Trump said he mat release illegal immigrants detained at the border into so-called “sanctuary cities.”

In a tweet, he said the policy should make the radical left “very happy” as they “always seems to have an open borders, open arms policy.”

The proposal has been criticised on both sides of the political divide with President Trump accused of trying to turn migrants into political pawns.

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A group of UK MPs have called on the British Government to ensure any bid to extradite Wikileaks founder Julian Assange to Sweden takes priority over attempts to send him to the US.

Mr Assange is wanted in the US to face charges over his work publishing sensitive US Government files with Wikileaks.

More than 70 politicians have written to the UK home secretary urging him to “champion” any attempt to send him to Sweden to face sexual assault allegations.

Sweden dropped the case against Mr Assange in 2017 – however the lawyer representing the complainant has suggested it could now be reopened.

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A section of the M7 in Co Kildare remains closed today and into the early hours of tomorrow.

As part of upgrade works, a new bridge is being installed and the motorway is closed in both directions between Naas North and Naas South.

Motorists are being diverted on to new slip roads, and a temporary speed limit of 25 kilometres per hour is in place.

The road will re-open by 9am tomorrow.

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The leader of Sudan’s military coup has stepped down, a day after he helped remove long-term president Omar al-Bashir from power.

Defence minister Awad Ibn Ouf has handed over the leadership of the transitional military council to another senior military figure.

Thousands of protesters have taken to the streets demanding a return to civilian rule, after the coup.

The military has said it will not spend more than two years in power – and will refuse to extradite the former president to The Hague to face war crimes charges.

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Facebook spent almost €20m on boss Mark Zuckerberg's personal security last year.

Records show that is more than double what was spent the previous year.

Around €17.6m was spent on private security for the CEO and his family – while €2.3m went on private jets.

Facebook said Mr Zuckerberg is “synonymous” with the company and as result any negative sentiment it faces is “directly associated with, and often transferred” to him.