69 m. ago Keir Starmer to give major press conference amid huge Donald Trump announcement

Keir Starmer is expected to give a press conference at around 4pm after promising an update on a new US-UK trade agreement following social media posts by Donald Trump

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5 h. ago Not 'back of the queue' any more! Tories credit Brexit for allowing the UK to become the first big nation to strike a trade deal with Donald Trump

They spoke out ahead of an announcement Donald Trump is expected to make at the White House this afternoon that would ease his protectionist tariffs.

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5 h. ago Sir Keir Starmer to make statement on US trade deal 'after agreement reached'

Donald Trump posted he would make a 'major trade announcement' today with a 'big, highly respected country'

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5 h. ago UK US trade deal: What will be included in Donald Trump's deal? When will the deal get announced?

Both US President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer have confirmed they will announce a trade deal on Thursday afternoon.

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5 h. ago Donald Trump pledges 'very big and exciting day' for UK and US with trade deal imminent

Donald Trump took to the Truth Social platform to announce a 'very big and exciting day' for the US and the UK, with Keir Starmer expected to give an address later

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6 h. ago PM vows to deliver ‘security and renewal’ as US trade deal announcement expected

US President Donald Trump teased the announcement of a trade deal with ‘highly respected country’ on social media on Wednesday evening.

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7 h. ago Good Morning Britain paused for breaking news as ITV viewers vent their fury

Good Morning Britain was halted for some breaking news on Thursday, as Ed Balls and Charlotte Hawkins announced the UK may have struck a trade agreement with Donald Trump and the US

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7 h. ago LIVE: Donald Trump to make 'big' trade deal announcement with Keir Starmer update expected

US President Donald Trump is expected to give a press conference at 3pm UK time setting out details of a UK-US trade deal - while the PM will give an update to the British public

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8 h. ago UK to win race to strike first trade deal with US, hints Trump as Starmer to give update ‘today’

Donald Trump teases a ‘major trade deal’ announcement at 3pm BST today

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8 h. ago Donald Trump expected to announce ‘major trade deal’ with UK on Thursday

It would mark the first deal agreed upon since Mr Trump’s ‘liberation day’ announcement of global tariffs last month

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9 h. ago UK and US 'agree trade deal' as Donald Trump teases announcement today

Donald Trump teases a ‘major trade deal’ announcement at 3pm BST today

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11 h. ago Trump expected to announce framework of UK trade agreement, sources say

President teases deal ‘with representatives of a big, and highly respected, country’ but specifics remain unclear Donald Trump is expected to announce the framework of a trade agreement with the UK, according to two people familiar with the matter, after teasing a major announcement with a “big and highly respected, country.”The specifics of any agreement were not immediately clear and there was no comment from the White House or the British embassy in Washington on whether an actual deal had been reached or if the framework would need further negotiation. Any agreement would mark the first such deal for the administration since it imposed sweeping tariffs against trade partners last month. Continue reading...

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11 h. ago Trump ready to unveil 'major trade deal' with UK after launching tariff wars across the globe

Donald Trump is expected to announce a trade deal between the United States and the United Kingdom on Thursday.

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11 h. ago Donald Trump may sign 'trade deal with Britain' in surprise announcement later today

President Trump hinted at a 'major trade deal' on his social media platform, with sources indicating that this is in fact the much anticipated US-UK trade deal

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12 h. ago Trump reportedly strikes UK trade deal as he touts announcement with ‘big respected country’

President Donald Trump announced that there would be a ‘big news conference’ in the Oval Office Thursday to unveil the agreement

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44 h. ago US agrees ceasefire with Houthis in Yemen after dozens killed in airstrikes

The Houthis have agreed to stop targeting commercial shipping in the Red Sea, but said attacks against Israel will continueThe US will halt its bombing campaign against Yemen’s Houthis after the Iran-aligned group agreed to stop targeting shipping in the Red Sea.The halt – announced by the US president, Donald Trump, during an Oval Office meeting with Mark Carney, Canada’s prime minister, came on a day in which Israel claimed its jets had fully disabled Yemen’s main airport, including three civilian aircraft on the ground, in retaliation for a missile strike on Sunday that hit within the perimeter of Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion airport. Continue reading...

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46 h. ago Trump reveals Houthis have 'capitulated' and he will end U.S. strikes on them immediately

President Donald Trump announced that he has called off airstrikes on Yemen after hearing word from the Houthis that they would no longer attack ships.

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49 h. ago Americans’ health at risk as Trump cuts EPA staff to 1980s levels, experts warn

Advocacy groups say gutting EPA’s scientific research arm would turn it into a purely political agencyAmericans’ health is being put at risk after new cuts were announced by Donald Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to reduce staffing to 1980s levels and gut its scientific research arm, experts and advocacy groups warned.The EPA’s administrator, Lee Zeldin, announced on Friday that the agency would slash its budget by $300m in the fiscal year 2026 as part of a broad overhaul that he said was designed to cut it to levels resembling those in the Reagan administration. Continue reading...

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60 h. ago Trump announces £300 million plan to reopen Alcatraz prison which once housed Al Capone

Donald Trump announced he would be directing the Federal Bureau of Prisons to begin taking steps to renovate and eventually reopen Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary

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61 h. ago Trump called for 100% tariff on foreign films a day after Jon Voight proposed ‘limited’ tariffs

Actor was assigned by Trump to come up with a plan to save Hollywood, but his proposal only included tariffs ‘in certain limited circumstances’US president Donald Trump announced his 100% tariff on films “coming into our country produced in foreign lands” one day after meeting with actor Jon Voight to discuss his proposals to bring film production back to the US – which only suggested that tariffs could be used “in certain limited circumstances”.The Midnight Cowboy and Heat actor, who was appointed a “special ambassador” to Hollywood by Trump, has been meeting with studios, streamers, unions and guilds for months to develop a plan to lure film and television productions back to the US. Production companies often seek more cost-effective locations or tax incentives in other countries such as Canada, Australia, the UK, New Zealand, Hungary, Italy and Spain. Continue reading...

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