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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has urged Donald Trump and Sir Keir Starmer to meet and find common ground, after the US president's repeated criticism of the UK prime minister. In an exclusive interview with the BBC after talks with Sir Keir, the Ukrainian president said that while he would not tell Trump what to do, the pair should meet to "re-load the relationship". A war ignited by US and Israeli strikes on Iran has spilled into a diplomatic row after Trump's reprimanding of the Nato allies and Starmer's supposed lack of military action. Zelensky warned against division among western leaders...

Channel migrants have arrived in Britain seven days in a row for the first time this year. There were 309 arrivals who crossed from northern France aboard four dinghies on Monday, pushing the total number of arrivals since Labour came to power past the 68,000 mark. It means 1,200 migrants have reached British soil over seven days. Until then the longest stretch of consecutive arrivals this year had been three days in mid-January. The total number of arrivals under Labour now stands at 68,123. Of those, 3,409 have come since the start of this year. On Monday, two of the...

Keir Starmer held a call with Donald Trump today after the US president urged Britain to send warships to the Middle East to help police the Strait of Hormuz. Trump said he hoped the UK would be among "many countries" to help combat Iranian efforts to block the crucial waterway, through which 20% of the world's oil transits. Writing on Truth Social, he said the UK, China, France, Japan and South Korea will "hopefully" be sending warships to the shipping route, before issuing a second plea, saying countries "that receive Oil through the Hormuz Strait must take care of that...

UK:Sharia Patrols on Horseback Rampage Through Manchester Streets as Police Stand Idly By – Starmer’s Two-Tier Tyranny Accelerates Britain’s Surrender to Islam In a scene straight out of a dystopian nightmare, self-styled “Sharia patrols” on horseback charged through Manchester’s streets on March 4, 2026, chasing down peaceful demonstrators celebrating the end of Iran’s brutal Islamic Republic regime. These vigilantes, reportedly wearing armbands emblazoned with “Sharia Law,” terrorized anti-regime protesters—many from the Iranian diaspora and local Jewish communities—who gathered to mark the death of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in recent US-Israeli strikes. Greater Manchester Police, under the watchful eye of Keir Starmer’s...

The government has approved a request from the police to ban the Al Quds Day march in London on Sunday to prevent “serious public disorder” given the conflict in the Middle East, the home secretary has said. The Metropolitan Police asked for the ban saying it was concerned about the high number of protesters and counterprotesters, adding the march organizers were “supportive of the Iranian regime” . The Islamic Human Rights Commission, who organize the annual march, insist it is a peaceful, pro-Palestinian event. It says a static protest will take place instead. It is the first time a protest...

It’s the country of Magna Carta and the great English liberties. It gave us the Mother of Parliaments and established the largest and most benign empire the world has ever seen. It held out alone against the Nazis, under an inspiring leader who vowed that “we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender.” And after the war it became America’s partner in a Special Relationship that ultimately brought down the Soviet Union. But now?...

Donald Trump dismissed Keir Starmer's justifications for staying out of Iran strikes in an apparently frosty call. The US president is said to have given short shrift to the PM's arguments that the action was against international law. Sir Keir's attempts to switch the topic to the King's impending state visit also seem to have had limited impact, as the pair had their first conversation since the military campaign was launched. Details have been leaking out of the chat on Sunday amid concerns about long-term damage to the Special Relationship. Sir Keir initially refused to allow the use of UK...

The BBC has been accused of mistranslating remarks by Pete Hegseth about the conflict with Iran, after a speech was altered in a way that suggested the United States was targeting the Iranian “people”. BBC Persian, which broadcasts to audiences inside Iran, translated comments by the US defence secretary as saying Washington was bringing death to the Iranian “people”. However, Mr Hegseth had in fact referred to the Iranian “regime” as the target. The error was quickly highlighted by pro-Israel media campaigners, who argued it raised questions about the BBC’s impartiality. The translation also sparked criticism and debate across social...

The BBC "mistakenly" altered a speech by Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth on the war in Iran, making him appear to say the United States was targeting the Iranian "people". This comes only a handful of months since they did the same to President Trump. Defund the BBC!

Keir Starmer has said the conflict engulfing the Middle East could continue “for some time” as he insisted the best way forward in the longer term was a negotiated settlement with Iran. The prime minister said the UK was doing “everything we can” to de-escalate the situation, a clear contrast to the US president, who is focused on regime change and has said it was “too late” for Tehran to negotiate. He defended his decision to block initial offensive strikes by the US and Israel at the weekend, saying he stood by his judgment and denying it had damaged the...

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, who has seen his approval rating in the United Kingdom plunge to around 50 points underwater, boasted about his country’s decision to stay out of the conflict in Iran to a group of Muslims on Tuesday. Starmer spoke to Muslims at a Ramadan ceremony held at Westminster Hall on Tuesday night and was applauded when he said, “On Iran, I want to make clear that the U.K. was not involved in the offensive strikes of the U.S. and Israel, and that remains the case.” “As many of you know, I never supported the Iraq war...

In today’s world, there are 193 countries in the UN. The large majority of those countries will vote consistently against the United States on measures that come before the General Assembly. Then again, the international system that counts is not the UN, but rather the U.S.-led commercial and legal order of alliances and trade. Almost all of the 193 UN member countries participate willingly in that system, to their great benefit. They may oppose the U.S. on many issues, and they may have disputes with their immediate neighbors, but they don’t make themselves constant troublemakers threatening to disrupt world peace...

Keir Starmer has defied brutal rebukes from Donald Trump insisting the UK is 'not involved' with Iran strikes. The PM made his latest attempt to wash his hands of the US president's military campaign in a speech to Muslims breaking Ramadan fast last night. Sir Keir - who has been desperately trying to shore up Labour's left flank since the Greens inflicted an humiliating by-election defeat - also talked up his determination to get 'justice' for Gaza.

Sir Keir Starmer's unpopularity crisis deepened last night as a bombshell national poll put the Greens second – ahead of Labour. Zack Polanski's party has also leapfrogged the Tories following last week's by-election humiliation for the Prime Minister. It prompted warnings that Labour will be forced to form a 'scary coalition of the Left' with Mr Polanski, the Lib Dems, Plaid Cymru and the SNP at the next election. Support for the Greens is now at 21 per cent, up by four points in the week since their victory in the Gorton and Denton by-election, according to the YouGov voting...

Keir Starmer has agreed to allow the US to use UK military bases to launch attacks that degrade Iran’s missiles.In a recorded statement, the prime minister said the “only way to stop the threat is to destroy the missiles at source in their storage depots or the launchers which are used to fire the missiles”.

Two Iranian missiles were fired in the direction of Cyprus, British Defence Secretary John Healey said on Sunday but were intercepted.The island is home to two British military bases.Healey said it was not yet clear if the missiles were deliberately targeting UK facilities on the island...However, President Nikos Christodoulides said he had spoken to UK Prime Minister Kair Starmer, who had confirmed categorically that Cyprus was not a target for Iran...Meanwhile, President Nikos Christodoulides has called an extraordinary meeting of Cyprus' National Security Council on Sunday evening.Healey said the 300 British personnel were near targets in Bahrain and warned of...

Furious female Labour MPs have told Keir Starmer to appoint a woman as his de facto deputy to oversee a “complete culture change” in Downing Street after a series of scandals they say have exposed a No 10 “boy’s club”. Harriet Harman, one of the party’s most senior figures, urged Starmer to revive the role of first secretary of state, a post previously occupied by Peter Mandelson under Gordon Brown. But she insisted the role must be held by a woman to “transform the political culture in government around women and girls”.

Sir Keir Starmer insisted that he has no plans to resign from his post as Prime Minister during a meeting with Labour MPs. The PM has faced calls to stand down from his role in recent days after the scandal involving former peer Lord Peter Mandelson last week. Starmer addressed his party on Monday evening as he bids to shore up his position and was greeted with a standing ovation from MPs on his arrival. He is said to have answered some 44 questions during the hour-long meeting, where he defiantly insisted: 'Every fight I've been in, I've won. I...

Keir Starmer should step aside in favour of a caretaker prime minister who would run the country until a leadership contest is held in the summer, Labour MPs have argued. Despairing Government backbenchers argue that unless the Prime Minister quits over the Peter Mandelson crisis, the party is heading for disaster at the Gorton and Denton by-election later this month – followed by annihilation in May’s local elections. They hope the Cabinet will this week persuade Sir Keir to quit and allow a ‘non-contentious’ candidate such as Defence Secretary John Healey or Northern Ireland Secretary Hilary Benn to be a...

Sir Keir Starmer's rattled allies today issued a desperate warning to rebel Labour MPs that a leadership coup by Angela Rayner will trigger a general election. The under-fire Prime Minister is battling to stay in Downing Street as he reels from the Lord Mandelson scandal, with a number of backbenchers openly questioning his future. In a bid to contain the crisis, Sir Keir has promised to release documents related to Lord Mandelson's appointment as US ambassador in February last year. But the Government was forced into ceding control of the release of material to Parliament's Intelligence and Security Committee (ISC),...