THEY SAID WHAT?
“We simply cannot waste any more time. The only limit is our willingness to act. The time to act is now”
- The Prince of Wales at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, urging world leaders to act over climate change
“It’s such a hoax. I think it’s so bad for our country”
- President Donald Trump in Davos, lashes out at his Senate impeachment trial back home
“We plan to go ahead with our digital services tax in April. It’s important - as we said at the time when we first introduced it to Parliament and legislated for it - it is a proportionate tax”
- Chancellor Sajid Javid vowing in Davos to press ahead with a tax
on US tech giants
“It was so isolated, so cut off, I didn’t have my family around me, he was doing night shifts, so if only I’d had a centre like this at a certain time”
- The Duchess of Cambridge, above, admitting she would have welcomed extra support after giving birth to Prince George while she lived in rural north Wales
“If people want to just arbitrarily put taxes on our digital companies, we will consider arbitrarily putting taxes on car companies”
- US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin warns that Washington may retaliate
“We have all lost a kind, funny, warm, creative and truly loving man whose uncompromising individuality, relentless intellect and extraordinary humour has given pleasure to countless millions across six decades”
- the family of Monty Python star Terry Jones, who has died at the
age of 77