US President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday appeared to accuse Hezbollah of being involved in the attack by his supporters on the US Capitol in 2021, viewed by many as an insurrection.
On 6 January 2021, a mob of Trump supporters raided the Capitol Building in Washington to prevent lawmakers from certifying President Joe Biden's election win with the former president condemned for failing to intervene to prevent the attack.
None of the multiple investigations into the attack - including the 18-month congressional inquiry - have found links with the Lebanese Shia group, and Trump didn’t provide any evidence for his claim.
"We have to find out about Hezbollah, we have to find out about who, exactly, was in that whole thing," Trump told journalists at his Mar-a-Lago club in Florida, a day after he was certified as the president-elect.
He also repeated his claims that the FBI were involved in the riot, alleging that several of the participants had links to the intelligence agency.
The president-elect was speaking during a press conference to announce a $20 billion investment in US data centres by Emirati billionaire Hussein Sajwani, the owner of real estate company DAMAC.
'All hell will break out'
Trump also reiterated past threats to Hamas, warning that "all hell will break out in the Middle East" if it fails to return the Israeli hostages by the time he enters office on 20 January.
"It will not be good for Hamas, and it will not be good for anyone," he said.
Mediators Qatar, Egypt, and the US have organised months of talks between Hamas and Israel but there remains little sign of an imminent breakthrough to end the 15-month war.
Indirect talks restarted in Doha earlier this month and Qatar said this week that discussions between the two sides are ongoing, although only lower-level officials are currently engaged.
Successive rounds of talks have failed to resolve the conflict with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused of setting new conditions to block a deal.
Shock as Trump threatens Greenland, Panama
Trump also refused to rule out using military force to annex Greenland and seize the Panama Canal, raising the prospect of a US attack on European land due to the island territory being owned by Denmark.
The president-elect has for years stated his ambition to acquire Greenland, and since winning November's election has talked up the prospect of purchasing it from Denmark.
"I can’t assure you on either of those two," he said in response to a question, claiming that Washington needs the territories for national security.
Responding to Trump’s comments, French foreign minister Jean-Noel Barrot said the EU would not allow any country to threaten its sovereignty.