Donald Trump's response to the violence which engulfed Charlottesville has come under fire from senior Republicans.

The US president, who has been at his golf course in Bedminster, New Jersey, gave what was seen as a muted response to the mayhem which unfolded after white supremacists descended on Virginia.

One woman was killed when a car was driven into a group of counter-protestors and two Virginia State Police officers died when their helicopter crashed.