5 h. ago Trump on ‘good form’, Starmer says after US president’s trade deal gaffe

Sir Keir Starmer said he rushed to pick up trade deal documents dropped by the US president in order to prevent a security scare.

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6 h. ago Starmer reveals why he rushed to picked up Trump’s trade deal papers at the G7

The prime minister insists there is no reason to be concerned about the US President’s health

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6 h. ago Starmer says he picked up Trump’s dropped papers to avoid security scare

UK prime minister says it ‘would not have been good’ for anyone else such as member of media to try to helpUK politics live – latest updatesKeir Starmer said he rushed to pick up papers dropped by Donald Trump at the G7 summit in Canada mainly to avoid anyone else stepping forward to do so and being tackled by the US president’s security team.Speaking to reporters in Kananaskis a day after Trump fumbled some of the documents about a UK-US trade deal, letting a sheaf of papers tumble to the ground, Starmer said he had little choice but to bend down and help out. Continue reading...

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6 h. ago Keir Starmer shares real reason he picked Donald Trump's papers up off the ground

After Donald Trump dropped the UK/US trade deal on the flooor at the G7 summit, the Prime Minister suggested that if anyone else had tried to pick them up it would not have ended well.

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7 h. ago Starmer warned British jobs at risk without better trade deal from Trump

US tariffs for the steel industry will stand at 25 per cent for now – as negotiations over an improved deal continue

Events

9 h. ago Trump leaves Europe in the cold in the Rocky Mountains, and Iran with a stark choice

Trump sought to underline European irrelevance in the Middle East crisis. All now rests on what he proposesMiddle East crisis – live updatesDiscussing the dilemma facing western diplomats in confronting Iran’s nuclear programme, Henry Kissinger wrote in 2006: “Diplomacy never operates in a vacuum. It persuades not by the eloquence of its practitioners but by assembling a balance of incentives and risks.”Rarely has the balance of incentives and risks been placed so starkly in front of Iran’s leaders as now. Continue reading...

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13 h. ago Trump claims EU is not yet offering a fair trade deal – business live

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial newsTrump says UK is protected from tariffs ‘because I like them’ as trade deal is signed offIran and Israel crisis: what does it mean for the price of oil?Global oil supply is set to increase “far” faster than demand in the coming years, the International Energy Agency has predicted.In a new report, the IEA argues that oil markets are undergoing structural changes as the key drivers of supply and demand growth of the past 15 years start to fade.This growth is set to be dominated by robust gains in natural gas liquids (NGLs) and other non-crude liquids. The strategic shift towards higher non-crude capacity is driven by strong global demand for petrochemical feedstocks and the development of liquid‑rich gas resources.UK’s FTSE 100: -46 points or -0.5% at 8828 pointsGerman DAX: down 267 points or -1.1% at 23,430 pointsFrench CAC: down 61 points or -0.8% at 7,680 pointsAfter rallying on Monday on hopes that the Israel and Iran confl...

Economics

14 h. ago Has Starmer caved to Trump on trade AGAIN? PM and US president parade deal

Keir Starmer and Donald Trump put on an old pals act at the G7 in Canada as they showed off a text implementing the broad agreement struck last month.

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22 h. ago 'Grovelling' Starmer was 'like a dog wagging its tail' after spawling at Trump's feet in trade deal press conference, body language expert claims

Body language expert Judi James said the moment, which was captured by cameras from around the world, created an image that could prove hard to shake.

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22 h. ago Trump and Starmer finally finalise the ‘big and beautiful’ UK

The UK and US president had a bilateral meeting at the G7 summit in Alberta, Canada, where they finalised the implementation of the trade deal they shook on last month

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24 h. ago Trump says UK is protected from tariffs ‘because I like them’ as trade deal finalised?

UK aerospace sector will face no tariffs from the US while auto industry lowered to 10% from 25%Keir Starmer and Donald Trump have finalised a UK-US trade deal at the G7 summit in Canada, with the US president saying Britain would have protection against future tariffs “because I like them”.The two leaders presented the deal, which covers aerospace and the auto sector, at the G7 venue in Kananaskis, Alberta. Continue reading...

Economics

24 h. ago Trump says UK is protected from tariffs ‘because I like them’ as trade deal is signed off

UK aerospace sector will face no tariffs from the US while auto industry lowered to 10% from 25%Keir Starmer and Donald Trump have signed off a UK-US trade deal at the G7 summit in Canada, with the US president saying Britain would have protection against future tariffs “because I like them”.The two leaders presented the deal, which covers aerospace and the auto sector, at the G7 venue in Kananaskis, Alberta. Continue reading...

Economics

24 h. ago Clumsy Donald Trump drops UK trade deal and announces 'EU agreement' in G7 gaffe

Sir Keir Starmer bent down to pick up several papers and quipped about the 'very important document' after the US Commander-in-Chief embarrassingly spilled them on the ground at the G7 summit

Politics

25 h. ago Trump and Starmer finally finalise the ‘big and beautiful’ UK/ US trade deal

The UK and US president had a bilateral meeting at the G7 summit in Alberta, Canada where they finalised the implementation of the trade deal they shook on last month

Politics

25 h. ago BREAKING: Keir Starmer seals major deal with Donald Trump at G7 summit

The deal, which was announced in May, will see tariffs on steel and car exports to the US slashed. But it has not yet been implemented

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25 h. ago Keir Starmer seals major deal with Donald Trump at G7 summit

The deal, which was announced in May, will see tariffs on steel and car exports to the US slashed. But it has not yet been implemented

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25 h. ago How Starmer’s impromptu glass of wine with four pals reveals the G7 has become the G6 plus 1

Starmer and his four mates getting an impromptu glass of wine together may have been about finding the dutch courage to deal with Donald Trump, speculates David Maddox at the G7 in Canada

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30 h. ago Do the deal, Donald: Keir Starmer to meet Trump at G7 to try to get UK/US trade agreement over the line to lower tariffs and save jobs

The Prime Minister said that the agreement will be top of the agenda when he sits down with Trump at the G7 in Canada.

Economics

36 h. ago NHS 'faces hike in drugs prices' as part of government's trade deal with Trump as US president seeks to help Big Pharma

The president wants foreign countries to pay more for drugs made in the US to help Big Pharma firms make more money abroad.

Politics

51 h. ago Starmer in desperate bid to finalise trade deal with Trump as steel tariff deadline looms

Sir Keir Starmer knows that he needs to leave the G7 in Canada with his US/ UK trade deal fully implemented as he prepares to meet Trump

Economics