7 h. ago Keir Starmer 'could send British troops to Greenland to help guard the Arctic for Donald Trump'

The Prime Minister is said to share the US President's view that action must be taken to deter Russia's threat in the polar region.

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24 h. ago DAN HODGES: He's grappling with dangers from Russia, Iran, China AND an increasingly erratic Donald Trump. So in a final bid to keep Labour rebels in check, Starmer is going for the nuclear option

Desperate times call for desperate measures. So Keir Starmer has decided to issue one, final despairing plea to Labour MPs preparing to oust him from office. 'Stick with me. Or you'll get nuked.'

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24 h. ago Greenland Prime Minister issues defiant rebuke to Trump over island grab in scathing 48

Party leaders addressed Trump Friday, stating: 'Greenland's future must be decided by the Greenlandic people.'

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43 h. ago Judge again rules Trump prosecutor unlawfully serving, rejects tax return bid

A judge who ruled a Trump administration prosecutor was serving unlawfully also rejected his bid to obtain tax return information in a criminal investigation

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50 h. ago Starmer tells Merz and Macron that Nato must 'step up' Arctic operations as they scramble to stop Trump grabbing Greenland

Keir Starmer discussed the brewing row over US threats with Emmanuel Macron and Friedrich Merz in a phone call.

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56 h. ago Starmer's desperate bid to stop Trump grabbing Greenland: PM vows European states will do more to counter Arctic threat from Russia and China

Keir Starmer held calls with the Danish leader and the head of NATO before speaking to the US President for the second time in two days.

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65 h. ago Keir Starmer launches frantic bid to calm crisis over Greenland by trying to persuade Trump that NATO can defend Arctic without US takeover

European leaders have backed Denmark in a dispute with the US, which threatens to tear the Nato alliance apart.

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3 d. ago Russia's chilling nuclear WW3 threat to UK and US after tanker seizure

Russian politicians have said they could use nuclear weapons in response to US forces seizing a tanker a few hundred miles from the coast of Scotlant

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3 d. ago Russia's chilling nuclear WW3 threat after UK helps US seize 'ghost fleet' tanker

A Russian Duma member has issued a chilling threat to the US after British forces supported American seizure of an oil tanker, and suggested nuclear weapons could even be deployed

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4 d. ago Russia slams ‘fool’ Starmer in chilling WW3 threat – ‘See what we will do’

Dmitry Rogozin branded Sir Keir Starmer 'illiterate and a fool' for vowing to base British troops in Ukraine as part of a peace deal, and suggested Russia would hit back

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5 d. ago Greenland PM says European support is important amid Trump takeover bid 

LIVEBLOG: Follow the latest developments from Paris where Ukraine's allies meet for talks about the country's security and a potential ceasefire with Russia.

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5 d. ago How a US takeover of Greenland would undermine Nato from within

The alliance has no provision for the previously unthinkable: one of its members turning on anotherEurope live – latest updatesThe idea that one Nato country could attack another – a US invasion of Greenland – is so alien that the most famous article in Nato’s founding treaty does not distinguish clearly what would happen if two of its members were at war.Article 5, the cornerstone of mutual protection, dictates that “an armed attack against one or more” in Europe or North America shall be considered “an attack against them all”. Simple enough if the military threat comes from Russia, but more complicated when it comes from easily the alliance’s most powerful member. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Not special? Starmer STILL hasn't spoken to Trump as fears rise that US will 'kill' Nato by invading Greenland

Keir Starmer has been desperately trying to avoid criticising Donald Trump over the ousting and arrest of dictator Nicolas Maduro.

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5 d. ago Donald Trump hints US will invade Greenland as Denmark hits back

Donald Trump sent shockwaves around the world with the successful capture of Venezuela leader Nicolas Maduro, and it is now feared he has set his sights on grabbing Greenland

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6 d. ago Hands off Greenland! Starmer backs Denmark's rebuke to Trump

Keir Starmer threw his support behind Denmark after it rebuked the president's persistent demands to take the territory.

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6 d. ago Starmer says international law is 'complicated' as he desperately tries to sit on fence over Trump's Venezuela raid... but does manage to condemn US threats to Greenland

Keir Starmer dodged saying whether he believed the US had broken the law with the extraordinary seizure of Nicola Maduro from Caracas.

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6 d. ago Squirming minister dodges saying Trump shouldn't invade GREENLAND as Starmer desperately tries to sit on fence over Venezuela raid

Mike Tapp squirmed and said he would not give a 'running commentary' as he was grilled on the UK's view - and US demands to take over Denmark's territory.

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6 d. ago Starmer claims he is 'driving down bills' in desperate New Year relaunch

Kicking off the New Year with another relaunch effort, Keir Starmer insisted he is acting to ease the cost of living pressures.

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6 d. ago 'We are looking at the legal position': Starmer desperately tries to sit on fence over Trump's Venezuela move despite Labour fury

Ministers insisted the UK is 'looking at' the legal basis for the extraordinary raid on Caracas that saw commandos seize dictator Nicolas Maduro.

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9 d. ago Lack of reading is security threat by 'leaving kids vulnerable to fake news from Russia'

Just 33% of kids aged over eight say they enjoy reading in their free time, down from 51% two decades ago. Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson says it's a national security threat

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