55 m. ago Watch: UK foreign secretary suggests Trump has influence on UK’s Chagos deal

Donald Trump may have a say over the UK's deal to hand over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, David Lammy admitted on Wednesday, 26 February.

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1 hour ago The prime minister must stick to 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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2 h. ago UK wind turbines painted black to stop deadly bird strikes 'in concession to Donald Trump'

Trump said to have spoken to Sir Keir Starmer about ‘windmills in the North Sea’ killing avian wildlife

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3 h. ago Donald Trump says Europe must guarantee Ukraine security not US in blow to Keir Starmer before Washington talks

Prime Minister hopes to convince US president to provide security ‘backstop’ at crunch meeting in Washington - as Trump says Ukraine can ‘forget about joining Nato’

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3 h. ago Zelensky will sign ‘very big’ minerals deal at White House on Friday, says Trump

After their visits to Washington, Keir Starmer is expected to host Zelensky in Britain this weekend

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3 h. ago Donald Trump says Europe must provide Ukraine security not US in blow to Keir Starmer before Washington talks

Prime Minister hopes to convince US president to provide security ‘backstop’ at crunch meeting in Washington

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4 h. ago Rory Stewart says Starmer and Trump have inflicted ‘unimaginable damage’ over foreign aid cuts

Labour prime minister and US president accused of harming international security and the climate

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4 h. ago Lammy admits Trump can veto Chagos deal ahead of White House confrontation over islands

Foreign secretary’s admission comes as The Independent has discovered the President has been handed a second legal dossier on why the deal should not go ahead

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4 h. ago Ella Baron on Keir Starmer’s meeting with Donald Trump – cartoon

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4 h. ago Chagos deal will not go ahead if Trump rejects it, Lammy says

The Foreign Secretary said he still believed the agreement to cede the British Indian Ocean Territory to Mauritius was the ‘best deal’.

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4 h. ago Donald Trump and Keir Starmer: When is the Washington meeting and what will the US and UK leaders discuss?

The Prime Minister will arrive in Washington on Thursday

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6 h. ago YouTube viewers ‘do not care The Rest Is Politics looks like high school show’

The podcast is fronted by Alastair Campbell, former Downing Street director of communications and strategy, and ex-Tory MP Rory Stewart.

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7 h. ago Russia accuses UK and France of ‘heating up’ Ukraine war amid defence push

The accusation comes as the Prime Minister flies to the US to meet Donald Trump after promising a dramatic increase in defence spending.

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8 h. ago Zelensky says no US security guarantees agreed in minerals deal as Starmer heads to Washington for Trump talks

PM travelling to Washington following his weekly Commons grilling after announcing dramatic increase in UK’s war chest

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10 h. ago Defence spending numbers defended by Starmer amid ‘silly games’ criticism

Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch pressed the Prime Minister in the Commons over the spending increase and his plan for Ukraine.

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10 h. ago PMQs live: Starmer mocks Badenoch’s ‘desperate search for relevance’ in clash over defence spending boost

PM set to discuss increase to 2.5 per cent by 2027

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10 h. ago DAN HODGES: As Keir Starmer prepares to enter the lion's den and meet an increasingly erratic King Donald, this is why his visit will tell us who the true patriots

The opposition MP is usually one of Starmer's most voluble critics. But after watching the PM's statement on Ukraine yesterday, even he was prepared to acknowledge he'd done a decent job.

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11 h. ago Starmer may need to play his Royal Trump card for difficult White House talks

Starmer will get a ‘respectful’ greeting but is going to face a difficult meeting with Trump as subjects like Ukraine, trade, free speech and Chagos dominate discussions, as David Maddox reports. Could the prospect of a royal visit help the prime minister’s cause?

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11 h. ago Watch live: Keir Starmer faces Kemi Badenoch at PMQs ahead of crunch US talks with Donald Trump

Watch live as Sir Keir Starmer faces Kemi Badenoch at PMQs today (26 February) ahead of crunch US talks with Donald Trump.

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11 h. ago ‘Like being on the Titanic’: US aid workers dread bleak future after Trump cuts

Trump’s order to stop work on aid projects around the globe has left dedicated staff shocked and demoralisedIn a village in Lesotho, a small country in southern Africa, Sasha teaches hundreds of children at a local primary school. A significant part of her work as an education volunteer at the US Peace Corps is to educate her students about HIV prevention. Almost a quarter of Lesotho’s 2.3 million population lives with HIV, giving it the second-highest level of HIV infection in the world.At the beginning of February, Donald Trump halted virtually all US foreign aid. The 90-day pause left many agencies scrambling to follow the new guidance, affecting programs such as the one Sasha works for. In Lesotho, she and other volunteers work to mitigate the effects of HIV/Aids stigma through grant-funded programs like a soccer camp. All of that stopped. Continue reading...

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