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US President Donald Trump meeting Prime Minister SKeir Starmer in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington DC. Photo: Carl Court/PA Wire The United States and Britain are negotiating a bilateral trade agreement, U.S. President Donald Trump told a joint news conference with UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Thursday, saying such a…
Donald Trump has said a “very good” tariff-free trade deal between the US and the UK is on the cards as he lavished praise on Keir Starmer. The president said the PM was “a very special person” with “a beautiful accent” following the pair’s first face-to-face talks since Trump returned to the White House. Earlier,…
[The stream is slated to start at 2 p.m. ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.] President Donald Trump and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer are holding a joint press conference at the White House on Thursday. Starmer and Trump were set to discuss the war…
Keir Starmer was attacked by international charities today after announcing he is cutting the UK’s foreign aid budget to boost defence spending. The prime minister declared he would now be increasing the defence budget from its current rate of 2.3% of gross domestic product (GDP) to 2.5% by 2027, three years earlier than planned. It…
Keir Starmer has called Volodymyr Zelenskyy to reaffirm his support for “Ukraine’s democratically elected leader” after Donald Trump called him a “dictator”. According to No.10, the British prime minister told Ukraine’s president it is “perfectly reasonable to suspend elections during wartime, as the UK did during World War II”. Ukraine postponed its 2024 presidential elections…
Nigel Farage has called on Brits to have more children – and “more optimism”. Speaking at the Alliance for Responsible Citizenship (ARC) conference, the Reform UK leader was interviewed by self-help author Jordan Peterson, about family values. While the twice-divorced politician admitted he “may not necessarily be the best advocate for monogamous heterosexuality or stable…
A “US backstop” complete with security guarantees is the only way to secure peace in war-torn Ukraine, Keir Starmer said. Speaking after three hours of emergency talks in Paris with his European counterparts, the prime minister said the country’s security was an “existential question” for their security. “This is a once in a generation moment…
The NHS delivered almost 2.2 million extra appointments during the first five months of the new government, according to new statistics. Keir Starmer has claimed this as a major win for Labour, but acknowledged that the “job isn’t done” and promised to offer go further with reforms for the health service. NHS England has revealed…
A Labour minister has been sacked over a string of offensive WhatsApp messages, including one where he said he hoped an elderly voter dies. Andrew Gwynne has also been suspended by the party after the comments were revealed by the Mail on Sunday. The messages were posted on a WhatsApp group made up of Labour…
By DAVID CHURCHILL CHIEF POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT Published: 17:31 EST, 5 February 2025 | Updated: 22:52 EST, 5 February 2025 Eurocrats tried to ‘bully’ Britain yesterday as Brussels insisted security and defence should be on the table alongside fishing rights in post-Brexit ‘reset’ talks. EU leaders hope this move will force Sir Keir Starmer into further…
