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City's leader says false claims by US president and his team are hurting people She urges Starmer to talk to Greenlanders about plans to beef up Nato's presence

- BY MARK McGIVERN IN GREENLAND

THE MAYOR of Greenland's capital city has admitted she is now dreading the day American warships appear on the horizon.

Avaaraq Olsen said it is clear the fear felt by the 20,000-strong community of Nuuk is growing by the day.

The civic leader has issued a personal message to UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer, who is seeking to coordinate a Nato response to the growing crisis over Greenland.

The UK could send troops for a major security force to persuade Donald Trump that a US intervention is not necessary.

The mayor said: "Denmark or others make plans and announcements about Greenland - but they talk about us without us.

"So if Keir Starmer wants to plan anything like that, or even talk about it, he should definitely include the inhabitants of Greenland"

Speaking in her office in Nuuk's Civic Hall, Olsen points to the fjord that is visible from the window.

She said: "Yesterday I needed to take a walk, on the path we have on our coastline.

"There's always this calming feeling when you listen to the ocean. I was standing by myself and it was getting dark, and then a boat came and it was dark and it had no lights on.

"And suddenly I was wondering, will they (the US) come without the light?

"And even though I've been the one who's telling everyone to keep calm, I also understand that people are afraid.

"I really understand why people are looking towards the sky and the ocean for what might come."