23 m. ago Trump renews attack on UK for not allowing more oil drilling in North Sea – UK politics live

The US president highlighted the North Sea as part of a wider criticism of clean energy policiesWe’re not far off PMQs. Here is the list of MPs down to ask a question.There will be two statements in the Commons after PMQs. At 12.30pm Ed Miliband, the energy secretary, will give one about the warm homes plan, and about an hour later Emma Reynolds, the environment secretary, will give one on the water white paper. Continue reading...

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56 m. ago Trump mocked after mixing up Iceland and Greenland 4 times in WEF speech blunder

Donald Trump has been mocked online for appearing to mix up Iceland and Greenland four times during his lengthy special address at the World Economic Forum in Davos

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95 m. ago Watch live: Trump addresses Davos amid Greenland tensions with allies

Watch live as Donald Trump delivers a major speech at Davos in his latest attack on Washington’s allies in Europe amid his continued threats over Greenland.

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2 h. ago I am not going to yield to Trump over Greenland, says Starmer as 'Special Relationship' turns nasty

At a tense PMQs, Keir Starmer said the US President had the 'express' intention of forcing the UK to 'yield' to his grab for Danish territory.

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2 h. ago Keir Starmer slams Donald Trump over US President's Chagos Islands comments

The Prime Minister accused the US President of reversing his opinion on the Chagos Islands deal with ‘the express purpose of putting pressure on me and Britain in relation to my values and principles on the future of Greenland’

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3 h. ago Starmer accuses Trump of attacking Chagos deal to force Britain to 'yield' to US demands for Greenland as 'Special Relationship' turns nasty

At a tense PMQs, Keir Starmer said the US President had the 'express' intention of forcing the UK to 'yield' to his grab for Danish territory.

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3 h. ago PMQs live: Starmer says Badenoch is putting ‘naked opportunism over national interest’ by siding with Trump on Chagos deal

The prime minister answers questions from MPs and Conservative leader in the House of Commons We’re not far off PMQs. Here is the list of MPs down to ask a question.There will be two statements in the Commons after PMQs. At 12.30pm Ed Miliband, the energy secretary, will give one about the warm homes plan, and about an hour later Emma Reynolds, the environment secretary, will give one on the water white paper. Continue reading...

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5 h. ago Every Australian Open match SUSPENDED with Britain’s Cameron Norrie among players forced off courts

PLAYERS were forced off court at the Australian Open as the weather caused havoc at Melbourne Park. British star Cameron Norrie was among the stars to be forced off court due to a dramatic shower. Norrie, 30, had been locked in a fourth set tiebreak when the match was delayed. The Brit led the match...

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5 h. ago Trump says Starmer needs to FIX Britain as ‘London is having a lot of problems’

Trump says Starmer needs to FIX Britain as ‘London is having a lot of problems’ - after blasting ‘stupid’ Chagos deal  The US Sun

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17 h. ago Labour MPs rebel over Chagos Islands deal following Trump criticism

The government has been urged to “pause” a deal which would hand Mauritius sovereignty of the Islands

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18 h. ago Trump tells Somalians: 'GET THE HELL OUT' at ferocious press conference as DOJ hammers Tim Walz

Donald Trump has called for Somalians to leave the US during an attack on Democratic lawmakers in Minnesota amid riots over his immigration crackdown.

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18 h. ago Donald Trump lashes out at UK over crucial deal as he steps up Greenland warnings

Donald Trump blindsided Downing Street with an extraordinary attack on the UK during a social media spree, where he posted an AI image showing him planting a US flag on Greenland

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20 h. ago Trump doubles down on Minnesota attacks in rambling remarks at White House briefing – live

Donald Trump opens White House briefing touting a stack of papers labeled ‘accomplishments’ on the anniversary of his second inaurguationThe supreme court did not issue a decision today on the legality of Donald Trump’s sweeping global tariffs.It’s not immediately clear the next date the court will issue opinions. Continue reading...

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20 h. ago Nervous rex: the Davos elite brace for Trump and his dinosaur diplomacy

Leaders of EU, France and Canada stake out positions on Greenland ahead of US president’s speech to World Economic Forum“There’s no diplomacy with Donald Trump: he’s a T rex. You mate with him or he devours you.” Debate at the World Economic Forum annual meetings high in the Swiss Alps is usually scrupulously polite, but as this year’s gathering got under way in Davos on Tuesday, California’s Democratic governor, Gavin Newsom, had this blunt advice for handling the week’s star speaker.The US president was yet to arrive but throughout the blond wood congress centre the hottest topic among the global elite of business and politics – on and off conference stages – was Trump’s intemperate attack on European allies, threatening punitive tariffs if they fail to let him annex Greenland. Continue reading...

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21 h. ago Macron takes aim at ‘bully’ Trump as EU leaders ramp up response to president’s threats

French president urges 'rule of law over brutality' in a thinly-veiled takedown from Davos, hours after the US president launches yet another attack on Nato allies with a rant against Keir Starmer's Chagos deal

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23 h. ago We’re all friends really? Trump’s not so useful idiot Mike Johnson drops in on MPs | John Crace

Everyone was trying not to mention the one thing on everyone’s mind as they welcomed the US House speakerSo. That went well, then. A day after Keir Starmer gently pointed out that the US would be wrong to seize Greenland and that a period of calm diplomacy was needed, Donald Trump goes mad. Again. Having already rubbished the Norwegian prime minister for not awarding him the Nobel peace prize, the US president took aim at the UK prime minister. No good deed goes unpunished and all that.The Chagos Islands deal was an act of gross stupidity, The Donald posted on his Truth Social platform. No matter that nine months previously he had warmly endorsed it. No one knows if he could even find Diego Garcia on a map. Sure, he can. Next to Greenland. That’s loyalty and consistency for you. And teach Starmer not to take anything he does or says for granted. Let’s face it, not even Trump is entirely sure what Trump will do next. Depends on how he is reacting to his meds on any given day. The wor...

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26 h. ago Macron sports Top Gun shades to launch veiled attack on Trump’s Greenland threats saying ‘we’re in world without rules’

FRENCH President Emmanuel Macron has launched a veiled attack on Donald Trump and said that we are now shifting to a world "without rules". European leader blasted his US counterparts tariff threats - calling them an attempt to "subordinate Europe". Donning a pair of aviator shades at the World Economic Forum on Tuesday, Macron took...

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26 h. ago Keir Starmer risks provoking Donald Trump again as he's accused of 'kotowing' to Beijing by giving China's 'mega

The Government has signed off the plans for the site in the face of furious opposition from many MPs and warnings it will 'amplify' spying.

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27 h. ago UK must 'prepare for war with United States' as WW3 edges closer than ever before

Former NATO commander Sir Richard Shirreff has warned Britain must prepare for the worst-case scenario of fighting US forces over Greenland as Donald Trump threatens tariffs and shows no sign of backing down

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27 h. ago UK defends Chagos deal after Trump accuses London of ‘great stupidity’

UK defends Chagos deal after Trump accuses London of ‘great stupidity’  Vanguard News

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