WorldIn today's News Fire destroys over 100 shops in KilinochchiWASHINGTON, AFP -Donald Trump admitted for the first time Friday that Barack Obama was born on American soil, after years spent fuelling the so-called “birther” movement that cast doubt on the US president's legitimacy. “President Barack Obama was born in the United States, period,” the Republican White House nominee told a nationally-televised press conference. “Hillary Clinton and her campaign of 2008 started the birther controversy. I finished it. I finished it.

Source: Sunday Times September 16, 2016 15:45 UTC