51 m. ago Donald Trump LIVE: Keir Starmer to meet US President at White House for crucial talks

Prime Minister Keir Starmer will carefully navigate around the shifting priorities of the administration of Donald Trump that is increasingly putting America's European allies on notice

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51 m. ago The prime minister must stick to his guns and his principles when dealing with Donald Trump

Editorial: Keir Starmer can tell the president he was right about Europe paying more for its own defence, but he should not trade away his principles

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73 m. ago Brits fear Keir Starmer will bungle Washington mission with 57% saying he will be 'bad' at negotiating with Donald Trump, and even Labour voters split

Some 57 per cent believe the PM will be either 'very bad' or 'fairly bad' at negotiating with the US president, according to a poll.

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1 hour ago Moment Keir Starmer arrives in Washington for crunch talks with Donald Trump

Prime Minister Keir Starmer jokingly likened Peter Mandelson to Donald Trump last night at the British ambassador's residence in Washington.

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2 h. ago The question no one dares ask: what if Britain has to defend itself from the US? | George Monbiot

So much of our intelligence and military systems are shared or reliant on the US – if it becomes the enemy, it is already inside the gatesAll the talk now is of how we might defend ourselves without the US. But almost everyone with a voice in public life appears to be avoiding a much bigger and more troubling question: how we might defend ourselves against the US.As Keir Starmer visits the orange emperor’s court in Washington, let’s first consider the possibilities. I can’t comment on their likelihood, and I fervently hope that people with more knowledge and power than me are gaming them. One is that Donald Trump will not only clear the path for Vladimir Putin in Ukraine, but will actively assist him. We know that Trump can brook no challenge to his hegemony. Russia is no threat to US dominance, but Europe, with a combined economy similar to that of the US, and a powerful diplomatic and global political presence, could be. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago UK Minister Peter Kyle says what PM's number one priority will be in Donald Trump meeting

Science Secretary Peter Kyle has said that securing a security guarantee if a Ukraine peace deal is reached is the PM's number one priority - but Donald Trump has so far refused to commit

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2 h. ago USAID staffers given 15 minutes to clear desks as Trump administration dismantles agency

Many workers say the move is insulting

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3 h. ago It’s the liberal German dilemma: Merz is anathema, but he might stand up to Trump | John Kampfner

Amid the gloom, the truth is dawning: the country faces hard political choices, and needs a more muscular approach to defence Donald Trump and his lieutenants have done Germans an enormous favour. Perilously late in the day, the US president and special envoy to the Kremlin has alerted Germany and the rest of Europe that there is one fault line, and one alone, between democracy and autocracy. All other political issues facing the country pale into insignificance.It seems that Friedrich Merz gets it, even if many in his country still don’t. Since winning Sunday’s election, the Christian Democrat (CDU) chancellor-elect has used every opportunity to warn of the dangers of the Trumpian new world order. He has not sought to provide reassurance, something that Germans tend to crave from their politicians. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Top Trump aide Natalie Hart's 'obsessive' letters to president revealed amid claim she crashed car into Secret Service

White House aide Natalie Harp displayed 'erratic' behavior while working on President Donald Trump 's 2024 campaign, a new book claims.

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4 h. ago Transgender US military personnel must be identified and stood down, says Pentagon memo

Being transgender is not compatible with service, court filing says, foreshadowing removal of people from service within 60 daysTransgender service members will be separated from the US military unless they receive an exemption, according to a Pentagon memo filed in court on Wednesday – essentially banning them from joining or serving in the armed forces.Donald Trump signed an executive order in January that took aim at transgender troops in a personal way – at one point saying that a man identifying as a woman was “not consistent with the humility and selflessness required of a service member”. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago Texas says this doctor illegally treated trans youth. He says he followed the law

Dr. Hector Granados treats children with diabetes at his El Paso clinics and makes hospital rounds under the shadow of accusations that have thrown his career into jeopardy: providing care to transgender youth

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4 h. ago Sickening 'Trump Gaza' video shows what Keir Starmer's up against as he prepares to meet US President

Donald Trump and Keir Starmer are about as different as it is possible to be but the importance of the Prime Minister’s mission to keep the US allied to Europe’s democracies cannot be underestimated

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4 h. ago Trump might not know it, but he’s forging a new relationship between Britain and the EU | Martin Kettle

Support for Ukraine means that closer ties to Europe are now a patriotic priority, opening up avenues that Brexit had once blockedIt would be absurd to claim to see a silver lining behind every Donald Trump cloud. Those clouds are too many, too dark and too dangerous. All the same, viewed from a domestic political perspective, there is a clear emerging British upside to Trump’s efforts at crashing the post-cold war order. It might even get a boost from Thursday’s Washington visit by Keir Starmer.In July 2024, when Starmer became prime minister, Labour was rigidly on the defensive about Europe. Brexit was seen as an electorally unstable issue for a party whose priority was to reconnect with leave voters. Everything about Europe was thus sidelined during the election. Only vague generalities were permitted. The only foreign leaders pictured in the party manifesto were Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Canada’s Justin Trudeau.Martin Kettle is a Guardian columnist Continue reading...

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4 h. ago I flew on Keir Starmer's plane to Washington ahead of crunch Donald Trump visit

Keir Starmer's sit-down with Donald Trump on Thursday is his biggest test yet and has been branded one of the most important meetings between a PM and a US President since the WW2

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5 h. ago Now Donald Trump slaps 25% tariffs on imports from the European Union after claiming the bloc was created to 'screw' the US over

Donald Trump last night announced he would slap 25 per cent tariffs on imports from the European Union.

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5 h. ago USAID workers will be given 15 minutes to clear their workspaces as the agency gets dismantled

Thousands of U.S. Agency for International Development workers who have been fired or placed on leave as part of the Trump administration’s dismantling of the agency are being given a brief window Thursday and Friday to clear out their workspaces

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5 h. ago Vote expected on Iowa bill that would remove gender identity protections from civil rights code

Iowa lawmakers are expected to vote on an unprecedented bill that would remove protections based on gender identity from the state civil rights code

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5 h. ago As Trump's deadline to eliminate DEI nears, few schools openly rush to make changes

Schools and colleges across the U.S. face a Friday deadline to end diversity programs or risk having their federal money pulled by the Trump administration, yet few are openly rushing to make changes

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5 h. ago In lawsuit filing, Pentagon says transgender troops can't serve unless they meet a warfighting need

The Pentagon has revealed the specifics of its new transgender troop policy in a court filing that says any service member or recruit who has been diagnosed with or treated for gender dysphoria is disqualified from serving — unless they can prove they meet a specific warfighting need and adhere to severe restrictions on their day-to-day behavior

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5 h. ago Donald Trump vows to slap 25% tariffs on imports from the European Union

Donald Trump, who will meet Keir Starmer today, said the bloc was established just to "screw" the United States of America as he announced the massive levy last night

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