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Sir Keir Starmer has insisted that Ukraine must be allowed to decide the terms of any peace deal with Russia in a challenge to proposals by Donald Trump. The Prime Minister contradicted Mr Trump by saying that the “courageous” Volodymyr Zelensky, the Ukrainian president, was not to blame for the failure to strike an agreement ending the war. Sir Keir also refused to back US plans to formally recognise Crimea as Russian in any negotiated settlement with Vladimir Putin, and demanded that Moscow agree to an “unconditional ceasefire”.

First Trump officials were trying to get Europe to accept chlorinated chickens and hormone-infused beef from the United States. Now, it seems they are trying to foist the toxicity of our social media platforms and a laissez-faire approach to harmful content onto Europe, as well. Evidence suggests the Trump administration is targeting content moderation laws in the United Kingdom designed to curb hate speech and misinformation as a part of trade negotiations. Last week, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer acknowledged to Parliament that “a review of online safety rules [is] on the table in trade talks with the United States,”...

Federal District Judge James Boasberg holding an emergency hearing this evening...Attorneys for the American Civil Liberties Union also asking for Supreme Court... Meanwhile a panel of the federal appeals court in Washington DC putting a hold on an earlier contempt order from Judge Boasberg... ...federal district judge ordering that a detained Turkish doctoral student... Al Jazeera reporting 64 killed in Israeli attacks... Hundreds believed dead in Congo after a wooden ship caught fire... The Pentagon making official...pullout of a large part of the US military...in Syria... US President Donald Trump on the phone with British Prime Minister... In the Netherlands...

When a senior figure in the government called the White House on Wednesday morning to find out how bad Donald Trump’s tariffs were going to be for Britain, information was scant. Even Trump’s aides were in the dark about what he would decide. At 9pm that evening, Sir Keir Starmer sat down in 10 Downing Street and watched the television, just like the rest of us, to discover what the US president had in store. The blanket tariff of 10 per cent on imported British goods was half what Trump slapped on the European Union — but they still wrecked...

Keir Starmer has spoken of how he personally “likes and respects” the US president, Donald Trump, and understands what he is trying to achieve. The prime minister made the comments in an interview with the New York Times, saying: “President Trump has a point when he says there needs to be a greater burden borne by European countries for the collective self-defence of Europe.” He said it was a critical moment for the UK and it would not be right to pick either Europe or the US to side with. “Churchill didn’t do it. Attlee didn’t do it. It’d be...

The prime minister’s diagnosis of the state apparatus he perches on the top of was far from flattering. Just eight months in Downing Street and he sees, too often he feels, a flabby, unfocused, overcautious bureaucracy; “too much stodge and regulation” as he put it. Ministerial levers yanked today, nothing or not much happening tomorrow – or ever. In culling the biggest arms length body of the lot, NHS England; a statement of intent – for a leaner, more responsive and crucially more accountable State. If it’s an analysis that feels discombobulating coming from him, yes former Tory PM Liz...

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s response to a US-proposed ceasefire in Ukraine is “not good enough,” Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer said, after hosting a virtual summit aimed at drumming up support for Kyiv and piling pressure on Russia. After hosting a meeting of the “coalition of the willing” – a group of Western nations that have pledged to help defend Ukraine against Russia – Starmer said leaders had agreed that “the ‘yes but’ from Russia is not good enough” and that Russia would have to come to the negotiating table sooner or later. “We agreed collective pressure will be put...

Keir Starmer has warned Vladimir Putin to stop playing games over a ceasefire as he gathers allies to hammer out peacekeeping plans. Some 25 countries will join a call led by the Prime Minister from Downing Street on Saturday to discuss forming a “coalition of the willing” to shore up peace in Ukraine. Mr Starmer will say allies need to turn the screws on Russia's economy and be prepared to support long term peace in Ukraine. Leaders from European countries, the EU Commission, NATO, Canada, Ukraine, Australia and New Zealand are expected to join the virtual summit which follows days...

Keir Starmer has been urged to push for the "immediate extradition" of Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan from the United States. Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey asked the Prime Minister to use his relationship with Donald Trump to bring the self-described misogynist to face justice in the UK.

The justice secretary has called for the scrapping of planned changes which would make the background of offenders from minority groups a bigger factor when deciding whether to jail them. Shabana Mahmood called for the Sentencing Council to reverse course, after the Conservatives accused Labour of overseeing "two-tier justice", in which prison sentences are less likely for ethnic or faith minorities. On Wednesday, the council - which is independent but sponsored by the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) - published new guidelines for judges aimed at avoiding bias and cutting reoffending. But Mahmood said she would write to its leaders to...

Labour faced fresh accusations of a 'two-tier justice system' on Wednesday night amid astonishing moves to give minorities special treatment in the courts. All ethnic minorities and transgender people convicted of a crime should be treated differently under measures due to come into force in less than four weeks. The Conservatives said it could open the door to softer sentences for minorities, and risked making the criminal courts 'anti-white and anti-Christian'. And it reignited a row from last summer, during the riots in the wake of the Southport murders, of various groups being treated differently by the justice system. The...

The unpopular Sir Keir Starmer says he will assemble a "coalition of the willing" in Ukraine: the phrase his Labour Party and Bush used to invade Iraq. He also boasts the UK will puts "boots on the ground" in Ukraine: but can only do so with "strong US backing."

On the heels of Veep JD Vance’s 100% correct slam on British Prime Minister Keir Starmer over speech rights, the latest Big Brother stunt from the United Kingdom has hit the airwaves. A 74-year-old Scottish woman was arrested for silently holding up a sign outside an abortion clinic asking people walking in if they wanted to chat with her. Rose Docherty is the first person arrested under the so-called “Safe Access Zones Act,” a 2024 law forbidding even the peaceful exercise of speech within 200 meters of abortion clinics. Vance restricted himself with Starmer to criticizing the terrible effects UK...

President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump have accepted an invitation from King Charles for an "unprecedented" state visit to the United Kingdom. The invitation was in a letter delivered to the president by British Prime Minister Keir Starmer during his visit to the White House on Thursday. "This is really special. This has never happened before. This is unprecedented," the prime minister said. "I think that just symbolizes the strength of the relationship between us. This is a very special letter. I think the last state visit was a tremendous success," the prime minister added. "His Majesty the...

Keir Starmer has hit back at US Vice President JD Vance after he accused the UK of "infringements on free speech". The comment was made during a question and answer session between the politicians and reporters at the Oval Office. Turning bright red, Mr Vance said: "Look, I said what I said, which is that we do have, of course, a special relationship with our friends in the UK, and also some of our European allies, but we also know that there have been infringements on free speech that actually affect not just the British – of course what the...

So, does anyone want to buy a used war, and take it over? I can't think why they would do so. You might as well rush to obtain an unexploded bomb, or a leaking canister of some horrible virus. Whatever has come over the leaders of Europe, jostling to keep the Ukraine war going when it might at last be ending? This moronic, needless conflict has done this continent nothing but harm. As an event, it is horrible, a hellish panorama of innocent people shivering without electricity in half-ruined cities, broken homes, broken hearts and broken bodies, hospitals crammed with...

Sir Keir Starmer will reportedly defy Donald Trump over Ukraine ahead of meeting the US President in the White House next week. The Prime Minister is expected to announce a new package of support for Ukraine on Monday - the third anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion. Sir Keir will unveil what has been described by some in Whitehall as a "triple whammy” of measures, including military aid and sanctions, according to The Telegraph. The reported move is at odds with US messaging, and the new support package could frustrate the White House. The US is pushing for an end to...

... While Scholz didn’t call out the U.S. leader by name, there’s no doubt who he was slapping down when he said: “Volodymyr Zelenskyy is the elected head of the state of Ukraine. The inability to hold regular elections in the midst of war is in line with the Ukrainian constitution and electoral laws. No one should claim otherwise.” British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has had almost nothing but warm words for Trump since he reentered the White House, to try to keep the so-called special relationship alive. But Ukraine is something of a red line. Starmer called Zelenskyy on...

JD Vance will reiterate his concerns about the erosion of free speech in Britain to Sir Keir Starmer when the pair meet in Washington DC next week, he said. The vice-president used his speech at the Munich Security Conference to warn the threat to free speech and mass migration pose a greater threat to Europe than Russia. Singling out the UK, he said free speech was “in retreat” and Brexit voters had been betrayed by elites opening “the floodgates to millions of unvetted immigrants”. Asked if he planned to double down on his comments when the British Prime Minister travels...

Sir Keir Starmer has tonight compared Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky to Winston Churchill and defended him from US president Donald Trump's claims that he is 'a dictator without elections.' Trump's extraordinary outburst came after Zelensky accused the US President of falling for Russian fake news, with Trump suggesting yesterday that Ukraine was to blame for Moscow's illegal invasion of the country three years ago. Since the US president's comments, many have come out to bat for Zelensky, including Starmer, who spoke with the Ukrainian leader tonight and affirmed his support for him as the country's 'democratically elected leader', according to Downing...