Paul, Weiss promised $40 million of free legal work to the White House and to change its diversity policies.

President Donald Trump was not in the White House at the time.

Before the meeting descended into shouting, there were smiles and a reporter asking Zelensky if he owned a suit.

Micheál Martin's spokesperson said he was delighted by the invitation to celebrate St Patrick's Day.

BBC reporters witnessed the extraordinary exchange between Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky firsthand.

"They'll be extended an invitation," Trump said in the Oval Office. "They deserve to be down here."

It will determine which outlets participate in the rotating pool that reports from the Oval Office and Air Force One.

The news agency has refused to change its style from the Gulf of Mexico to the “Gulf of America", as directed by President Trump.