55 m. ago Trump says US won’t give Ukraine security guarantees ‘beyond very much’ ahead of Starmer meeting – UK politics live

Starmer said he wants Trump to agree that, in the event of a peace settlement in Ukraine, US will offer security guarantees that make it durableEuropean 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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66 m. ago Labour MPs hammer Defence Secretary John Healey on foreign aid cuts at bruising meeting as he vows withdrawal of cash will be slow

A group of a dozen Labour MPs - mostly with backgrounds in development - led a backlash against the plans in the meeting with Defence Secretary John Healy.

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1 hour ago Lucky Death Row killer who ate tasty last meal 'three times' granted new trial

Oklahoma prisoner Richard Glossip has been scheduled to be put to death nine times in total, but fresh evidence has prompted the Supreme Court to grant him a new trial

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1 hour ago British woman allegedly gang raped in Cyprus was ‘failed’ by authorities, ECHR rules

Then-19-year-old found guilty of lying about being gang-raped in Ayia Napa before conviction overturned at Cyprus’s supreme court

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2 h. ago Donald Trump's decisions could see mystery deadly Congo virus 'take over the US'

Cuts to the US foreign aid budget could leave the country at risk of new diseases due to a lack of information from local sources, an expert has warned, as Trump and Musk take the axe to USAID contracts

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2 h. ago Supreme court backs Trump over holding back $1.5bn in USAid cash – US politics live

Stay of lower court ruling comes as Trump administration said it is eliminating $60bn worth of US assistance around the worldUK prime minister Keir Starmer is in Washington where later today where he will have his first meeting with President Trump since the inauguration.With Trump aligning with Moscow even more explicitly than he did during his first administration, and threatening to wind down the Nato guarantees that have underpinned the security of western Europe since the second world war, the stakes could not be higher. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago How the biggest winner from UK and US foreign aid cuts will be China

As countries lose vital foreign aid from the UK and US, some fear governments could turn to China to seek funding packages saddled with unsustainable debts

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2 h. 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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2 h. 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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4 h. ago Trump live: Supreme Court pauses order for administration to pay $2bn foreign aid

The intervention by the nation’s highest court comes hours before the midnight deadline for the administration to pay up

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5 h. ago Africa’s medical system risks ‘collapse in next few years’, warns health leader

Focusing foreign aid on infectious diseases has allowed a rise in cancer and diabetes that African governments don’t have resources to fight, says Dr Githinji GitahiHealth services in Africa are at risk of “collapse in the next few years” due to soaring chronic diseases, a senior public health leader has warned.Foreign aid to Africa has been focused on infectious diseases, leaving conditions such as cancer and diabetes to escalate, said Dr Githinji Gitahi, group CEO of Amref Health Africa. Continue reading...

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7 h. ago USAID workers will be given 15 minutes to clear their workspaces as the agency gets dismantled

Thousands of U.S. Agency for International Development workers who have been fired or placed on leave as part of the Trump administration’s dismantling of the agency are being given a brief window Thursday and Friday to clear out their workspaces

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9 h. ago Trump live updates: Supreme Court pauses order for administration to unfreeze foreign aid payments

The intervention by the nation’s highest court comes hours before the midnight deadline for the administration to pay up

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9 h. ago Supreme Court pauses judge’s order for Trump to unfreeze USAID payments in first DOGE test for justices

High court temporarily blocks judge’s order just before midnight deadline to restart aid payments

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10 h. ago Trump live updates: President asks Supreme Court to block USAID payments hours before deadline

President said of million federal workers yet to respond to DOGE email, 'maybe they're gonna be gone’

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10 h. ago Trump calls on Supreme Court to block USAID payments in first DOGE test for justices

Trump administration calls on high court to block judge’s order in fight over foreign aid payments

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11 h. ago South Carolina man set to face a firing squad seeks postponement, questioning execution procedures

A South Carolina man scheduled to face a firing squad next week is asking that his execution be postponed

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12 h. ago Trump administration cutting 90% of USAID foreign aid contracts, documents show

The Trump administration says it is eliminating more than 90% of the U.S. Agency for International Development’s foreign aid contracts and $60 billion in overall U.S. assistance around the world

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17 h. ago Rory Stewart says Starmer and Trump have inflicted ‘unimaginable damage’ over foreign aid cuts

Labour prime minister and US president accused of harming international security and the climate

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17 h. ago Straight woman’s ‘reverse discrimination’ case could upend decades of equality safeguards

Ohio woman who lost out on promotion to a gay woman is asking the Supreme Court to allow her to file a workplace discrimination lawsuit against her employer

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