5 h. ago JD Vance challenges Keir Starmer on free speech in very awkward Oval Office showdown

After accusing European leaders of giving up on free speech on their home soil, Vice President J.D. Vance tangled with the British prime minister on the issue in the White House Oval Office.

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6 h. ago Keir Starmer’s wins and losses during crunch White House summit with Donald Trump

Meeting between the Labour prime minister and US president touched on Ukraine, tariffs, trade deals, the Chagos Islands, Nato and a historic state visit invitation from King Charles

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6 h. ago Trump shuts down Independent reporter pressing Starmer on annexing Canada

Donald Trump cut off The Independent's White House correspondent Andrew Feinberg as he pressed Sir Keir Starmer about the US president’s desire to make Canada the 51st state.

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6 h. ago Trump gushes at invite from the King of Canada as Starmer charms president in the Oval Office

SKETCH: The British prime minister is not known for his charm, but he brought a secret weapon with him to disarm Trump, writes Richard Hall

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6 h. ago King Charles invites Donald Trump for ‘historic’ second state visit as US president says UK trade deal hopeful

Sir Keir Starmer and Trump held crunch talks on Ukraine and the economy at the White House

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6 h. ago Donald Trump's cringe comment during awkward chat about Keir Starmer's wife Victoria

Trump was asked whether the UK had to choose between a closer relationship with the EU and the US as the pair answered questions from reporters in the Oval Office.

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7 h. ago Trump live updates: Trump talks tariffs, Ukraine war and state visit with UK Prime Minister

President accepted historic second invitation for state visit to Britain from King Charles III

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7 h. ago Starmer plays royal Trump card to win Chagos deal and no trade tariffs in critical White House summit

PM flatters president with historic invitation from ‘beautiful man’ King Charles for second state visit – but there’s an awkward exchange over ‘free speech’

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8 h. ago Donald Trump's 'lethal' plot to humiliate Keir Starmer revealed

Keir Starmer met with Donald Trump at the Oval Office on Thursday, 27 February, with the US President reportedly armed with a 'lethal' plot to humiliate the Prime Minister

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9 h. ago Trump says potential Windsor visit an ‘honour’ following invitation from King

Sir Keir Starmer encouraged the president to open the letter in front of the world’s media in the Oval Office on Thursday.

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9 h. ago Watch Donald Trump and Keir Starmer’s historic Oval Office meeting in full

Watch Sir Keir Starmer and Donald Trump’s historic Oval Office meeting from Thursday (27 February) in full.

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9 h. ago Donald Trump hails 'special' Keir Starmer, praises Brexit and backs Chagos deal as grinning PM hands president invite for unprecedented second state visit in the Oval Office

Smiling Keir Starmer was greeted by the president outside the famous building, where the leaders will meet for the first time since Donald Trump returned to power.

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9 h. ago Trump compliments Starmer’s ‘beautiful wife’ when questioned on US

Donald Trump applauded Sir Keir Starmer’s “beautiful wife” when questioned on his relationship with the UK prime minster during their Oval Office meeting on Thursday, 27 February.

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9 h. ago King Charles to meet Donald Trump in Scotland after state visit invitation

The King suggested that he and Trump could meet before that visit, either at Dumfries House or Balmoral which are near the businessman’s golf courses in Scotland, to discuss the plans for the much grander state visit.

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9 h. ago Donald Trump accepts invitation to meet 'beautiful man' King Charles on unprecedented second state visit to Britain (and he could be heading to Scotland)

Keir Starmer extended an official invitation from the monarch to the president to come to the UK on his visit to the White House today.

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9 h. ago Keir Starmer says he is 'proud' of Britain's history of free speech as he clashes with JD Vance over praying at abortion clinics during Oval Office meeting with Trump

The Prime Minister rebuffed Mr Vance, a devout pro-life Catholic, over comments he made about the UK's rules barring prayer in buffer areas outside abortion clinics.

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9 h. ago Andrew Tate and brother flee to Florida but DeSantis says ‘you’re not welcome’

Keir Starmer pledges to raise case with Donald Trump in Oval Office meeting

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9 h. ago Trump invited to UK for state visit as US president calls Starmer ‘a special man’ at White House talks – follow live

King Charles also invites US president to Scotland ahead of the unprecedented second state visitTrump-Starmer visit: the key takeawaysEuropean Commission president Ursula von der Leyen will travel to London this Sunday to take part in an informal meeting on Ukraine and European security, the European Commission has just confirmed. Jakub Krupa has more on his Europe live blog.David Lammy, the foreign secretary, has confirmed that President Trump has the ability to veto the deal that the UK has negotiated transferring sovereignty of the Chagos Isands to Mauritius. Speaking on ITV’s Peston last night, Lammy said:If President Trump doesn’t like the deal, the deal will not go forward.The reason for that is because we have a shared military and intelligence interest with the United States, and of course they’ve got to be happy with the deal, or there is no deal. Continue reading...

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10 h. ago Chagos Islands talks ‘going to work out very well’, says Donald Trump

The UK has offered the president an effective veto on the deal because of its implications for US security.

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10 h. ago Trump praises ‘beautiful’ King Charles for second UK state visit invitation

Donald Trump praised King Charles III as a "beautiful man" as Sir Keir Starmer presented the monarch's letter inviting the US president for a “historic second state visit” to the UK.

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