US President Donald Trump have claimed that his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin was "probably" involved in assassinations and poisonings, but "it's not in our country". Trump made the remarks in a CBS News interview aired on Sunday night where he also spoke about his relationship with North Korea, China, Russia, and his own West Wing staffers and Cabinet.

When asked babout the accusation that he was leery of criticising Putin, he challenged the question. "I think I'm very tough with him personally. I had a meeting with him, the two of us," Trump said, referring to his much-criticised summit with the Russian leader in which he declined at a press conference to endorse the US government's assessment that Russia interfered in the 2016 presidential election.