14 h. ago Starmer calls for calm as global markets tumble following Trump’s tariffs

Sir Keir Starmer said the UK had to meet ‘the great challenge of the age’ after US President Donald Trump slapped tariffs on goods sent to the US.

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16 h. ago REBECCA ENGLISH: I witnessed President Trump's meeting with the Queen... what courtiers told me after was VERY surprising

When Donald Trump arrived in the UK for his first Buckingham Palace wine-and-dine as President in June 2019, it is fair to say that no one knew quite what to expect.

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17 h. ago REBECCA ENGLISH: I witnessed President Trump's meeting with the Queen... and what courtiers told me after you might find VERY surprising

When Donald Trump arrived in the UK for his first Buckingham Palace wine-and-dine as President in June 2019, it is fair to say that no one knew quite what to expect.

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3 d. ago David Lammy says Trump has taken US economic policy back 100 years with ‘return to protectionism’ – UK politics live

David Lammy, foreign secretary, says UK is ‘a nation that believes in open trade’ and says government is negotiating with US over economic agreementThe official plan to increase access to NHS dental services in England has been a “complete failure”, and some of the government’s initiatives have worsened the crisis, a damning report warns, Andrew Gregory reports.David Lammy, the foreign secretary, is at the Nato HQ in Brussels this morning, where Nato foreign ministers are meeting. Speaking to the media, he said President Trump was taking US economic policy back almost a century by embracing protectionism. He said:The United Kingdom, like France, is a great maritime nation.We are a nation that believes in open trade, and I regret the return to protectionism in the United States, something that we’ve not seen for nearly a century. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Trump 'finalizing' TikTok sale proposal as total ban looms in just FOUR days

President Trump is set to host an Oval Office meeting with investment groups who could purchase TikTok, after he directed a pause in a legal ban on the company on his first day in office.

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1 week ago Conor McGregor reveals talks to tear up his UFC contract and RETIRE at 36 as he plots run at Ireland's presidential election after Donald Trump meeting

Conor McGregor has dropped a major hint that retirement could be on the cards in the near future as he pursues a career in politics.

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2 w. ago Donald Trump has 'misplaced' rare gift from Volodymyr Zelenskyy after White House clash

On his visit to Washington DC, Zelenskyy brought the unique present to the Oval Office ahead of the crucial meeting with US President Donald Trump.

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2 w. ago ‘Bold but significant risk’: Fifa pulling out all the stops to sell Club World Cup

With ticket sales slow and concerns over burnout, football’s governing body is battling to win hearts and mindsThis week president Donald Trump convened a prayer meeting in the Oval Office. Gathered around the Resolute desk, constructed from the timbers of a British naval vessel, a series of pastors laid their hands on the president’s thinning hair and prayed for his success. The only other item on the desk? The enormous intricate bauble that will serve as the trophy for Fifa’s Club World Cup.That Trump should like the look of an object lacquered in 24-carat gold plating, and designed by the New York jewellers Tiffany & Co, is not perhaps a huge surprise. But its prominent position on the world’s most consequential desktop will surely also have been welcomed by the president of Fifa, Gianni Infantino, who left the trophy with Trump this month on his visit to the White House, a week after Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Conor McGregor announces he will run for PRESIDENT in Ireland after meeting with Donald Trump

Conor McGregor has announced his bid to become Ireland's President just days after a controversial trip to the White House.

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2 w. ago Conor McGregor announces bid to be Irish President in 'Make Ireland Great Again' cap

UFC icon Conor McGregor took to Instagram to announce his bid to be the next President of Ireland after meeting with Donald Trump at the White House

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2 w. ago Judge issues fresh deadline to White House over Venezuelan deportations row – US politics live

Trump administration deported the Venezuelans despite legal orders not to and claimed it had the right to continue flights once they had left US airspaceDonald Trump visited the John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts on Monday for the first time since making himself its new chair, threatening to shutter an expensive new addition and describing the marble Washington landmark as being in “tremendous disrepair.”Trump presided over the center’s board meeting in a demonstration of his takeover of an institution that has long enjoyed bipartisan support in Washington, Reuters reported. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Conor McGregor cosies up to Donald Trump with five word message after 'wrong' comments fury

Conor McGregor was welcomed to the Oval Office by US President Donald Trump for a meeting on St Patrick's Day, and MMA superstar was quick to embrace him

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3 w. ago Conor McGregor set for St Patrick’s Day White House meeting with President Trump

Press secretary Karoline Leavitt said the administration could not think of a better guest to invite on St Patrick’s Day.

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3 w. ago Family of controversial Irish teacher who was jailed for 'refusing to call a boy a girl' spotted on a flight to the US ahead of White House's St Patrick's Day celebration

The evangelical Christians, from Castlebar in Co Mayo, were spotted on a flight to Washington DC ahead of Taoiseach Micheal Martin's meeting with President Trump.

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4 w. ago US remains ‘indispensable partner at time of great peril’, says Irish premier

Micheal Martin was speaking as he travelled to the US for a visit which will include a bilateral meeting with the president Donald Trump.

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