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Donald Trump is reportedly due to travel to the UK in February for his planned visit - despite outrage over his retweets of posts by an anti-Muslim group.

The US president sparked a huge backlash when he shared the hate propaganda by Britain First to his more than 44 million followers just days ago.

One included a video that claimed to show a 'Muslim migrant' attacking a man on crutches, but the attacker was neither a migrant nor a Muslim.

Trump's actions triggered a sharp rebuke from an army of critics - including Theresa May, who described the tweets as "wrong".

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Figures including London Mayor Sadiq Khan also demanded the prime minister go further and cancel her invitation to Trump to visit the UK.

But it will go ahead and a two-day trip by the US president is scheduled for February 26 and 27, The Sunday Times reported.

He will jet into London for the visit that will be timed for the opening of a new US embassy in London, according to the paper

His reported trip has been in the prime minister's diary for the past 10 days, insiders say.

It is not believed to be a full state visit and Mr Trump is not expected to meet the Queen, according to sources.

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The row between the PM and Trump prompted Birmingham MP Liam Byrne to appeal for support for a petition banning Trump from the city during his visit.

It followed earlier reports that the visit could be switched from London to the Midlands to avoid a public backlash in the capital.

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His petition said: “In light of Trump’s recent Islamophobic tweets, in which he shares the propaganda of far-right, racist party ‘Britain First’, it’s all the more important that Trump not be given an invitation to Birmingham.”

Mr Byrne, Labour MP for Hodge Hill, said: “The President of the United States shared Britain First propaganda and promoted an extremist, racist hate group.

“Sign our petition to ban Donald Trump from our great city.”