8 h. ago Donald Trump will meet with 'his friend' the King at Windsor Castle to fix arrangements for 'unprecedented' second State visit

Sir Keir Starmer urged Donald Trump to drop his tariffs on British exports yesterday after the US President warned he could keep 'substantial' levies in place.

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9 h. ago Rachel Reeves calls for Britain to forge closer ties with Beijing in show of force against Donald Trump after he slapped 245 per cent tariffs on Chinese imports

It would be 'very foolish' for Britain to disengage with China, Rachel Reeves has said as she attempts to draw a line in the sand with the US over their treatment of Beijing.

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14 h. ago Trump says US may ‘take a pass’ from Ukraine talks if they prove too difficult

Sir Keir Starmer discussed Ukraine with the US president in a phone call on Friday, Downing Street said.

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15 h. ago Keir Starmer and Donald Trump discuss 'ongoing and productive' trade talks in first call since the US slapped 10 per cent tariffs on British goods

The two leaders discussed the 'ongoing and productive discussions' on trade between the two countries, a Downing Street spokesperson said.

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15 h. ago Manchester United set Dean Huijsen deadline as fresh transfer chance emerges

Bournemouth’s Dean Huijsen is set to decide his future next month with a Premier League stay looking likely amid growing top-club interest

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16 h. ago Donald Trump has phonecall with Keir Starmer where four major issues raised

Donald Trump and PM Keir Starmer hold phonecall for the first time since the White House slapped tariffs on global imports - sending shockwaves across worldwide markets

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24 h. ago Blow for Keir Starmer as Donald Trump says 'baseline' 10 per cent tariffs are set to stay

The US President has imposed sweeping 10 per cent tariffs on all goods imported to America, while he has also slapped 25 per cent charges on aluminium, steel and cars.

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48 h. ago Britain could sign a trade deal with Donald Trump 'within three weeks'

Sir Keir Starmer has been pushing for an agreement with America in a bid to lower the 10 per cent tariffs on British goods imposed by the US President.

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4 d. ago TV star's horror battle to stay alive in Antarctic as penguins set to 'starve to death'

Bertie Gregory fronts a new documentary for Disney + as he lifts the lid on the Secrets of the Penguins. But filming for the three-parter made him face some gruelling challenges.

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4 d. ago UK pays second part of £2 billion loan to Ukraine amid ‘critical moment’

The defence secretary said the first £752 million payment will help to buy air defence, artillery and parts to get Ukraine ‘back into the fight’.

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6 d. ago How YOU can join millions in the Barbiecore craze taking the world by storm

Donald Trump , Elon Musk and Keir Starmer are among the public figures that have emerged as shiny miniature dolls.

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7 d. ago In the face of Trump’s mayhem, Europe is the direction to which the UK must turn – and Keir Starmer knows it | Tom Baldwin

The PM will not antagonise the unpredictable president, but it is clear to No 10 that Trump is the problem and the solution lies elsewhereTom Baldwin is the author of Keir Starmer: The BiographyKeir Starmer was back at the Emirates Stadium on Tuesday to watch Arsenal’s 3-0 win over Real Madrid, a result that far exceeded expectations of his team’s chances in Europe. And, over the next few days, I wouldn’t be surprised if he tries to snatch a short Easter break in the warmth and sunshine of that same continent.Football and family holidays offer him some much needed relief from the grim reality of a faltering economy, towering public debt and terrifying global insecurity, which are all being made worse on a daily – sometimes hourly – basis by Britain’s closest ally of the previous 80 years. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Tariffs live: US central bank threatens to step in as Trump still defends levies

President insists policy ‘doing really well’ despite China hiking tariffs on American goods to 125 per cent

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7 d. ago Tariffs live: White House insists countries need US markets to survive as ‘phones ringing’ to make trade deals

The share markets reacted after China lifted tariffs on US goods to 125 per cent and said it would ignore any further US levy increases in the escalating trade war

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7 d. ago UK warned not to waste trade concessions to secure Trump deal as hopes of avoiding tariffs fade

Trade economist Simon Evenett told The Independent that the Trump administration seems ‘very reluctant to go below 10 per cent’ on tariffs

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7 d. ago UK government recalls Parliament for emergency legislation over saving British Steel

U.K. lawmakers are being recalled Saturday in order to back emergency legislation aimed at saving the last plant in the country that makes steel from raw materials, a move that has been widely called for since U.S. President Donald Trump imposed tariffs on imported steel

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7 d. ago Tariffs live: Global markets unstable while Trump says US ‘doing really well’ on trade policy

The share markets reacted after China lifted tariffs on US goods to 125 per cent and said it would ignore any further US levy increases in the escalating trade war

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7 d. ago Tariffs live: China hits US with fresh levies and vows it will ‘fight to the end’ in Trump trade war

China has lifted tariffs on US goods to 125 per cent and said it would ignore any further US levy increases in the escalating trade war

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7 d. ago Where can you busk in London and what are the rules after Leicester Square ban?

Regulations set to stay the same around borough but may change in the future

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8 d. ago Keir Starmer admits he has not spoken to Donald Trump since tariffs were unveiled

The prime minister denied that Mr Trump is refusing his calls, saying their teams ‘talk all of the time’

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