US President Donald Trump expected to visit Britain next year - reports

President Donald Trump will come to Britain on a state visit next year, Sky News quoted senior government sources as saying on Tuesday, quashing expectations that US leader would make the trip this year.

Prime Minister Theresa May invited the US president to Britain in January during their first meeting in Washington, when the two leaders hailed the beginning of a new "special relationship" between the countries.

The government had initially said the visit would take place later this year, but media has reported the trip could be postponed for various reasons ranging from fears over protests to May's weakened authority after an ill-judged election gamble.

Asked about the Sky report, May's spokesman repeated the government's position that an invitation had been made and accepted, but no date had been set.

In other news regarding Trump, his eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., is now at the centre of the controversy surrounding Russian meddling in 2016 election after reports emerged saying he was told before his meeting with a Russian lawyer that he would be offered compromising information about Hillary Clinton.

According to a report by the New York Times, Donald Trump Jr. was informed in an email that the material was part of a Russian government effort to aid his father's candidacy.

(With Agencies Inputs)