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Greenland, the world's biggest island, is geographically in North America,
but the autonomous Danish dependency has been culturally and politically part of Europe
since the 9th century.
And that perhaps untidy status is the source of a furious row between the US and European nations within the defence-aligned NATO.
Donald Trump says Greenland must become part of the US,
whether through agreement or by force, to help bolster America's national security.
European nations say absolutely not, even as they fear, a US land grab would see NATO collapse.