43 m. ago Hamas responds to Trump's AI Gaza video after President lauded gaudy vision of his 'Riviera of the Middle East'

Hamas has accused Trump of trying to turn Gaza into a 'big prison' and criticized him for 'proposing ideas that do not take into account the cultures and interests of the people'.

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47 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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47 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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59 m. ago Cutting foreign aid will play into Putin’s hands, former minister warns Starmer

PM accused of abandoning ‘soft power’, four years after he spoke in its defence, by former deputy foreign secretary

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69 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 Former Trump hotel chief compares president’s Gaza video to North Korean propaganda

‘I think he does love the image that it portrays of him, as some sort of savior,’ said Jack O’Donnell

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4 h. ago The US is right that Europe must work more closely together on defence, due to Russia threat

Ian Murray writes on defence spending after the UK government’s commitment was outlined by Sir Keir Starmer

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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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4 h. ago Former Trump hotel chief calls president’s wild Gaza video ‘scary’ dictator ‘theater’

‘I think he does love the image that it portrays of him, as some sort of savior,’ said Jack O’Donnell

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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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8 h. ago Now he's shown one scintilla of sense on defence, will Starmer stop Net Zero Ed destroying Britain

On Tuesday something extraordinary happened. The idea stole into my mind that Sir Keir Starmer might have a scintilla of common sense.

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9 h. ago Keir Starmer signals his determination to tackle prostate cancer after Rishi Sunak challenged PM to take action

Keir Starmer has signalled his determination to tackle prostate cancer after Rishi Sunak challenged him to take action.

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11 h. ago Don't let Putin start ANOTHER war! Warning from Keir Starmer as he prepares to tell Trump how US military threat is the only way to stop Russians 'coming again'

Keir Starmer will today warn Donald Trump he risks plunging Europe into war unless he agrees a long-term 'security backstop' for Ukraine.

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11 h. ago Keir Starmer warns Trump that Putin will 'come again' for Ukraine ahead of key Washington visit

Keir Starmer will hold a pivotal meeting with Donald Trump, where he'll battle to persuade the US President not to betray Ukraine as the security of the continent hangs in the balance

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11 h. ago Keir Starmer 'set to blow defence billions on Chagos Islands surrender' as Labour repeatedly fails to deny that a significant chunk of its increase in military spending will fund airbase sell

Sir Keir Starmer yesterday 'all but confessed' Labour's defence spending boost would be used to help fund the Chagos Islands giveaway, it was claimed last night.

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12 h. 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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