Trump vows to do all to reach Mideast peace while meeting

US President Donald Trump vowed today to do "everything I can" to achieve a peace agreement between the Israelis and Palestinians as he met Mahmud Abbas in the occupied West Bank.

"I am committed to trying to achieve a peace agreement between the Israelis and the Palestinians, and I intend to do everything I can to help them achieve that goal," Trump said in comments after holding talks with the Palestinian president in Bethlehem.