1 hour ago The Guardian view on Trump and Zelenskyy: Ukraine deserves better than 'better than we feared' | Editorial

In Washington, European leaders helped steer the US president away from his embrace of Vladimir Putin’s talking points. But for how long?The verdict on Donald Trump’s meeting with Volodymyr Zelenskyy and other European leaders on Monday depends entirely upon the metric used. The great fear was that this might prove a disaster along the lines of the US president’s dressing down of the Ukrainian leader in February – a scenario so plausible that Sir Keir Starmer, Emmanuel Macron, Friedrich Merz and other key European leaders dropped everything to dash to the White House themselves in support.Following his red carpet welcome for Vladimir Putin in Alaska on Friday, Mr Trump reportedly backed the idea that Ukraine should hand over the Donbas to achieve a peace deal. Even if one were naive enough to think that the Kremlin would see that as an end to conflict, rather than a staging post for a later offensive, it would not be a “land swap” but a land grab that Ukraine – for go...

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10 h. ago Starmer hails ‘breakthrough’ on security guarantees after crunch White House Ukraine talks

Sir Keir Starmer said ‘real progress’ was made during the crunch talks on Monday

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13 h. ago Starmer hails ‘real progress’ on Ukraine after European leaders gather at White House

Sir Keir Starmer praised the White House meeting with eight European leaders, including Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky, and Donald Trump as a possibly “historic step” towards ending Vladimir Putin’s war

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18 h. ago You CAN fly St George's flag, Sir Keir Starmer says amid rows between furious locals and councils

Council workers in Tower Hamlets, east London, were met with abuse as they began to tear down England and Union Jack flags which were hung by patriotic campaigners.

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20 h. ago Can 'King Of The North' Andy Burnham really save the Labour Party? One in three say they would vote for the Greater Manchester Mayor over Starmer

One in three people would rather have the Greater Manchester mayor as Prime Minister over Sir Keir Starmer, research has found.

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23 h. ago Starmer says crucial Ukraine meeting is about ‘security of the UK’ as European leaders gather at White House

Sir Keir Starmer praised the White House meeting with eight European leaders, including Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky, and Donald Trump as a possibly “historic step” towards ending Vladimir Putin’s war

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25 h. ago The Guardian view on Britain’s AI strategy: the risk is that it is dependency dressed up in digital hype | Editorial

The UK’s plans seem to outsource sovereignty for phantom efficiency. Public services provide the data and power while US tech giants reap the rewardsThere was a time when Britain aspired to be a leader in technology. These days, it seems content to be a willing supplicant – handing over its data, infrastructure and public services to US tech giants in exchange for the promise of a few percentage points of efficiency gains. Worryingly, the artificial intelligence strategy of Sir Keir Starmer’s government appears long on rhetoric, short on sovereignty and built on techno-utopian assumptions. Last week Peter Kyle, the technology secretary, was promoting the use of AI-generated discharge letters in the NHS. The tech, he said, will process complex conversations between doctors and patients, slashing paperwork and streamlining services. Ministers say that by applying AI across the public sector, the government can save £45bn.But step back and a more familiar pattern emerges. As Cecil...

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25 h. ago Keir Starmer at odds with Donald Trump as Russia warn UK of 'global conflict'

Sir Keir Starmer has arrived in Washington along with several other European leaders as Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrives at the White House for a meeting with Donald Trump

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30 h. ago Starmer gives Ukraine update on board plane to US ahead of crunch Trump meeting

Sir Keir Starmer released a video message while flying to Washington, D.C., ahead of his planned meeting with Donald Trump and Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky.

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30 h. ago Starmer would back Ukraine peace deal without a ceasefire, No 10 confirms

Sir Keir Starmer repeated his vow that Britain is prepared to put troops on the ground in Ukraine

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35 h. ago Trump's day of reckoning as leaders stand with Zelensky after humiliating Putin talks

Sir Keir Starmer and other European leaders arrive in Washington to stand united with Volodymyr Zelensky as he faces a US president who, just days earlier, extended a red carpet welcome to Vladimir Putin

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48 h. ago What’s at stake when Zelensky meets Trump at the White House with Starmer and EU allies in tow

Sir Keir Starmer will travel to Washington alongside a host of European leaders in a show of solidarity with Zelensky

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55 h. ago Keir Starmer to meet with Trump and Zelenskyy at White House on Monday

US President Donald Trump will meet with European leaders, including Sir Keir Starmer, will fly to the US for a meeting at the White House tomorrow - following on from the Putin summit on Friday

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55 h. ago Sir Keir Starmer will join European leaders to meet Donald Trump in White House with Volodymyr Zelensky

The US president urged his Ukrainian counterpart to strike a deal with Russia to end the deadliest conflict since the Second World War

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56 h. ago Sir Keir Starmer expected to join European leaders meeting Donald Trump in White House with Volodymyr Zelensky

The US president urged his Ukrainian counterpart to strike a deal with Russia to end the deadliest conflict since the Second World War

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66 h. ago Starmer turns to strategy expert who once accused him of taking the Labour Party down 'a political dead end'

Sir Keir Starmer has turned to strategy expert Tom Kibasi, who once lambasted him for lack of vision and 'profoundly naive' reliance on focus groups.

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67 h. ago Sir Keir Starmer to meet with 'coalition of the willing' ahead of crunch Trump

Sir Keir Starmer is set to meet with Western allies, ahead of Zelensky and Trump's talks at the White House next week, as world leader push for a peace deal in Ukraine. 

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69 h. ago AI platform piloted across the NHS in bid to free up hospital beds

The AI tool for discharge summaries is one of a number of projects to be backed by Sir Keir Starmer

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2 d. ago Starmer under new pressure over migrants after 700 protestors stage angry demo at Scots asylum hotel that housed rapist

Labour Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer faced mounting pressure over the housing of illegal immigrants last night after 700 people were involved in angry clashes outside a migrant hotel in Scotland.

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3 d. ago Zelensky must be at future peace talks, Starmer says after Trump

Sir Keir Starmer spoke with Nato allies after US President Donald Trump’s summit with Vladimir Putin in Alaska.

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