29 h. ago Keir Starmer holds Cobra meeting on Middle East fighting as UK evacuates families of Israel embassy staff

The Prime Minister gathered ministers and outside experts including military leaders after returning from the G7 summit in Canada, where he met Donald Trump.

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30 h. ago Keir Starmer chairs Cobra meeting as Donald Trump says he ‘may’ strike Iran

The US president left the G7 summit in Canada a day early.

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32 h. ago Watch in full: Angela Rayner faces Chris Philp in PMQs as Starmer returns from G7 summit

Watch as Angela Rayner faced Chris Philp at PMQs on Wednesday (18 June), filling in for Sir Keir Starmer as he travels back from the G7 summit in Canada.

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34 h. ago Angela Rayner fends off demands for apology over Keir Starmer's 'far

Angela Rayner was filling in at PMQs in the absence of Keir Starmer - who has been accused of delaying his departure from the G7 summit in Canada to dodge the grilling .

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34 h. ago Watch live: Angela Rayner faces Chris Philp in PMQs as Starmer returns from G7 summit

Watch live as Angela Rayner faces Chris Philp at PMQs on Wednesday (18 June), filling in for Sir Keir Starmer as he travels back from the G7 summit in Canada.

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36 h. ago Keir Starmer shakes interpreter's hand instead of South Korean President in huge blunder

The G7 summit in Canada has been fairly uneventful, with no outcomes for Ukraine, but Starmer has suffered two awkward gaffes, this time not even recognising the new South Korean President

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38 h. ago ASHLEY COWBURN: I was with Keir Starmer as hungry bears and Donald Trump threatened to unleash chaos

World leaders had to contend with the escalating crisis in the Middle East as they gathered for the G7 summit in Canada - and there were grizzly bears to worry about as well

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53 h. ago UK will look into more ‘transactional’ approach to granting visas, says Starmer

Prime minister outlines plans to penalise countries that refuse to take back refused asylum seekersThe UK will look into penalising countries that refuse to take back people who are refused asylum by making visa applications for their nationals harder, Keir Starmer has said at the G7 summit in Canada.Asked during a media Q&A about ways to reduce the number of people arriving irregularly, the prime minister said it would have a more “transactional” approach to granting visas for countries depending on their cooperation with returns. Continue reading...

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53 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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58 h. ago While the cat's away Deputy PM Angela Rayner chairs Cabinet for the first time with Keir Starmer in Canada for G7 summit

With Sir Keir Starmer at the G7 in Canada it was left to his number two to host the regular gathering of ministers in Downing Street .

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60 h. ago At least 15 die in Russian strikes on Kyiv in ‘one of most horrific attacks’ of Ukraine war – Europe live

Zelenskyy hits out at Putin and says world leaders ‘turn a blind eye’ after attack in which more than 100 people were woundedRussian strikes on Kyiv kill at least 14US president Donald Trump has repeated his threat to impose pharmaceutical tariffs saying they were “coming very soon” and criticised the EU for not offering a fair deal on trade.His comments, reported by Reuters, come from his brief chat with reporters on board Air Force One, on the way back from the G7 summit in Canada. Continue reading...

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67 h. ago ‘Evacuate Tehran’ – Trump issues warning as he departs G7 leaders summit early

The conflict between Israel and Iran has been top of the agenda at the summit of wealthy democracies, taking place in Canada.

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2 d. ago Trump to leave G7 summit early and return to Washington – US politics live

White House says president – who earlier warned people in Tehran to evacuate – will leave summit in Canada todayA federal judge is set to consider on Monday whether to extend an order blocking President Donald Trump’s plan to bar foreign nationals from entering the United States to study at Harvard University.US District Judge Allison Burroughs during a hearing in Boston will weigh whether to issue an injunction barring Trump’s administration from implementing his latest bid to curtail Harvard’s ability to host international students while the university’s lawsuit challenging the restrictions plays out. Continue reading...

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2 d. 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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2 d. 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...

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2 d. 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...

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3 d. ago Vladimir Putin's Russian war machine to be hit by new UK sanctions

Keir Starmer is expected to announce the fresh package of sanctions as he appears at the G7 summit in Canada to ratchet up pressure on the Russian leader

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3 d. 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

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3 d. ago Trump is confronted by First Nations tribal leader as he arrives for G7 summit in Canada

Steven Crowchild says he prayed and set aside his rage to confront Trump in the hope of promoting issues key to Canada’s indigenous peoples

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3 d. ago Donald Trump repeats call for Russia to be readmitted at G7 summit in Canada

US president said Ukraine war would not have happened if Moscow had not been thrown out in 2014 over CrimeaDonald Trump has displayed his disdain for the collective western values supposedly championed by the G7 group of industrialised countries by again demanding that Russia be readmitted to the group. He also said the war in Ukraine would not have happened if Moscow had been kept in the club.Trump made his remarks in front of media, alongside Canada’s prime minister, Mark Carney, who is hosting the G7, at the start of the summit’s first round of talks. Continue reading...

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