Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from Sir Keir Starmer

The prime minister must stick to his guns and his principles when dealing with Donald Trump

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: Keir Starmer can tell the president he was right about Europe paying more for its own defence, but he should not trade away his principles

The Independent UK

UK wind turbines painted black to stop deadly bird strikes ‘in concession to Donald Trump’

Trump said to have spoken to Sir Keir Starmer about ‘windmills in the North Sea’ killing avian wildlife

Evening Standard

Ministers and Labour MPs raise concerns over overseas aid cut decision

Ed Miliband thought to have expressed unease at cabinet meeting while MPs across party have condemned idea

The Guardian - UK

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Zelensky will sign ‘very big’ minerals deal at White House on Friday, says Trump

After their visits to Washington, Keir Starmer is expected to host the Ukrainian president in Britain this weekend

The Independent UK

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

The Independent UK

Lammy admits Trump can veto Chagos deal ahead of White House confrontation over islands

Foreign secretary’s admission comes as The Independent has discovered the President has been handed a second legal dossier on why the deal should not go ahead

The Independent UK

Chagos deal will not go ahead if Trump rejects it, Lammy says

The Foreign Secretary said he still believed the agreement to cede the British Indian Ocean Territory to Mauritius was the ‘best deal’.

Evening Standard

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

The Guardian view on Starmer in Washington: don’t compromise on the truth

Editorial: The prime minister must handle Donald Trump with tact, but without flinching from a duty to confront falsehoods in the president’s worldview

The Guardian - UK

Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy to visit UK this weekend

UKRAINIAN President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is expected to come to the UK this weekend, the PA news agency has reported ...

The National (Scotland)

Cutting aid to buy arms won’t make the UK safer

Letters: Readers express dismay at the government’s decision to cut the foreign aid budget to pay for increased spending on defence

The Guardian - UK

Ukraine’s Zelensky plans to visit UK this weekend

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer is due to host a summit of European leaders to discuss defence.

Evening Standard

Scottish Government hits out at Keir Starmer cutting aid budget

The UK Government’s decision to cut aid spending has been branded “deeply disappointing” by Scotland’s External Affairs Secretary.

The National (Scotland)

Starmer pressed in the Commons to secure release of British-Egyptian activist

Alaa Abd El-Fattah has been detained in Egypt since 2019 and was sentenced to five years in prison in 2021 after being accused of spreading fake news.

Evening Standard

Labour must turn 'warm words' on climate crisis into 'real action', warn Greens

THE Labour Government has been urged to turn “warm words” into greater action on the climate emergency by the Scottish Greens after a report…

The National (Scotland)

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

Evening Standard

Russia accuses UK and France of ‘heating up’ Ukraine war amid defence push

The accusation comes as the Prime Minister flies to the US to meet Donald Trump after promising a dramatic increase in defence spending.

The Independent UK

Starmer accused of defence spend ‘cover-up’ in row over how £9bn Chagos deal is funded

The PM said the uplift would boost ‘our capability on defence and security in Europe’, but stopped short of ruling out using defence cash to fund Chagos deal

The Guardian - UK

Starmer doesn’t do performative politics. When he faces Trump, that will be an advantage

The PM will try to persuade the US president that what is in Europe’s and Ukraine’s interest is also his best bet, says Keir Starmer’s biographer, Tom Baldwin

Evening Standard

No question of paying any paramilitary group to disband, says Hilary Benn

Sir Keir Starmer also told the Commons he is ‘committed to making progress towards ending paramilitaries once and for all’.

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

Evening Standard

Sunak calls for targeted national screening programme for prostate cancer

The former prime minister said thousands of lives could be saved as a result of targeted measures.

Salon

America's allies adjust to abandonment

A mournful requiem for the great post-war alliance

Evening Standard

Starmer declines to say whether defence spending increase includes Chagos cash

The Prime Minister described the deal being negotiated with Mauritius as ‘extremely important for our security’.

The Guardian - UK

Mother of Egypt detainee ready to end hunger strike if UK makes progress

Laila Soueif was hospitalised for low blood sugar this week as she tries to secure release of son Alaa Abd el-Fattah

Evening Standard

Donald Trump says Europe must guarantee Ukraine security not US in blow to Keir Starmer before Washington talks

Prime Minister hopes to convince US president to provide security ‘backstop’ at crunch meeting in Washington - as Trump says Ukraine can ‘forget about joining Nato’

The Conversation

Trump and Europe: US ‘transactionalism on steroids’ is the challenge facing leaders now

Donald Trump has always been an avowed transactionalist rather than a transatlanticist. The author of The Art of the Deal made it clear during his first term as US president that he thought Nato was a bad deal for the US. He publicly berated European allies, notably Germany, for not…

Evening Standard

Defence spending numbers defended by Starmer amid ‘silly games’ criticism

Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch pressed the Prime Minister in the Commons over the spending increase and his plan for Ukraine.

1 … 391 392 393 394

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

the Scottish Government

the Labour Government

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.