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Keir Starmer is facing a backbench revolt over Donald Trump's planned state visit to the UK later this year. More than a dozen Labour MPs have backed a motion saying the UK president should be barred from addressing parliament when he visits Britain. They argue that it would be 'inappropriate' for him to speak to politicians because of his record of 'misogynism, racism and xenophobia', as well as his comments about Britain and stance on Ukraine. It comes amid widespread anger at Trump's latest attack on Volodymyr Zelensky after he rejected the terms of a Ukraine peace deal that gave...

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”.

Sir Keir Starmer and US President Donald Trump have agreed on the need to “keep up the collective pressure on Putin” during a phone call, Downing Street said. The Sunday night call came after Mr Trump said he was “angry, pissed off” with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin for questioning the credibility of Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelensky. -snip- The US president openly aired grievances toward Russian President Vladimir Putin in the interview. "I was very angry – pissed off – when Putin started getting into Zelenskyy's credibility, because that's not going in the right location, you understand?" Trump told Welker,...

Sir Keir Starmer must push back against Donald Trump’s “lies” about Ukraine when they meet in Washington next week, former Tory defence ministers have said. The US president is facing a backlash after claiming Ukraine initiated the war with Russia, despite the fact it was Vladimir Putin’s nation that launched a full-scale invasion three years ago. Next week, Sir Keir will hold his first face-to-face talks with Mr Trump since he entered the White House in a meeting set to be dominated by the shape of any potential peace deal. Sir Gavin Williamson, the Tory MP who was defence secretary...

Russia railed against Sir Keir Starmer's plans for a peace-keeping force involving British troops in Ukraine, saying it would be a 'step towards escalation'. Moscow issued the chilling warning after the Prime Minister revealed he was 'ready and willing' to deploy forces to help police any ceasefire deal. The development came after the first talks aimed at ending the war got under way yesterday between the US and Russia in Saudi Arabia. Michael Waltz, Donald Trump's National Security Adviser, appeared to back Sir Keir's plan, saying his pledge to look at sending UK troops was 'a good thing'. But within...

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has said his country won't accept peacekeeping forces from Nato countries in Ukraine under any peace deal, following high-level talks with the US in Saudi Arabia. "Any appearance by armed forces under some other flag does not change anything. It is of course completely unacceptable," he said. Russia and the US said they had agreed to appoint teams to start negotiating the end of the war. "Today is the first step of a long and difficult journey, but an important one", US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said following the meeting. Ukraine was not invited...

England's most senior judge says she is "deeply troubled" by Sir Keir Starmer and Kemi Badenoch's exchange about a Gazan family coming to the UK under the Ukraine scheme. The Lady Chief Justice voiced her concern after the prime minister said a judge had made the "wrong decision" by letting a family of six from Gaza settle in the UK under a Ukrainian refugee scheme. The prime minister pledged to close the "loophole"... Baroness Carr said on Tuesday: "Both question and the answer were unacceptable. "It is for the government visibly to respect and protect the independence of the judiciary....

UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer wants a guarantee of U.S. military intervention in Ukraine in a worst-case scenario to ensure any future peace deal there goes ahead. Speaking in Paris after an emergency summit with European leaders on Monday, Starmer said U.S. backing is the “only way to effectively deter Russia from attacking Ukraine again.” And he said the future of Ukraine is not the only thing at stake. “It is an existential question for Europe as a whole, and therefore vital for Britain’s national interests,” he added. “This is a once in a generation moment for the collective...

More than half of Britons back sending UK troops to Ukraine, a poll found. Nearly six in ten (58 per cent) told the YouGov survey that they either 'strongly' support or 'somewhat' back UK troops being deployed in the event of a ceasefire deal. Barely a fifth said they opposed such a move. The poll found a variation between voters, however. While 67 per cent of Tory voters said they backed deploying UK troops, just 44 per cent of Reform UK supporters did. Labour supporters closely resembled Tory voters, with 66 per cent backing the move, while 70 per cent...

Germany is likely to reject Sir Keir Starmer's plan to send a European peacekeeping force into Ukraine, according to reports. The UK and France are set to propose deploying soldiers to Kyiv if there is a deal to end the war with Russia, but Germany and Poland are said to be against the move. It comes as European leaders are meeting in Paris this afternoon as they scramble for a strategy in response to US President Donald Trump's push for an agreement with Vladimir Putin. A diplomatic source told The Telegraph: “The whole discussion is moot without both Germany and...

Keir Starmer has said he is prepared to put British troops on the ground in Ukraine if there is a deal to end the war with Russia, acknowledging it could put troops “in harm’s way” if Vladimir Putin launches another attack. It is understood to be the first time the prime minister has explicitly stated he is considering deploying British peacekeepers to Ukraine. The comments came just before emergency talks with European leaders in Paris on Monday. The leaders will aim to devise a strategy in response to Donald Trump’s push for a deal with the Russian president and to...

Sir Keir Starmer is poised to join European Union leaders at an emergency summit on Monday, after the United States urged them to come up with “ideas” or be frozen out of talks over peace plans for Ukraine.

Donald Trump has said Keir Starmer demanded a meeting with the US president sometime in the coming weeks, adding that it was 'his request, not mine.' The Prime Minister teed up his 'forthcoming' visit to the US during an impromptu call with President Trump last night. Answering questions on his call with the PM, Mr Trump said: 'I just signed a letter to him. He asked for a meeting and I agreed to the meeting. 'We're going to have a friendly meeting - very good. We have a lot of good things going on but he has to come and...

Sir Keir Starmer will visit Ukraine for the first time since becoming Prime Minister to discuss the possibility of British troops being part of a post-war peacekeeping force. Volodymyr Zelensky, the Ukrainian president, is expected to meet Sir Keir in the coming weeks. Mr Zelensky announced the plan for the meeting, Sir Keir’s first visit to the country in over six months, after speaking to allies at the Ramstein Air Base in Germany on Thursday, Bloomberg reported. It is not known exactly when the trip is scheduled. Speaking to reporters about plans for foreign troops being sent to Ukraine as...

Sir Keir Starmer has said he is hoping for peace in the Middle East in his first Christmas message as Prime Minister. The Labour leader also said he was looking towards a 'brighter future' after a turbulent start to his time in power that has seen riots after the Southport murders, a flatlining economy and a backlash to his Government's first Budget. He will enjoy his first holiday since the July election, spending Christmas at the PM's official country residence of Chequers, before going abroad with his wife and two children over New Year. It comes after allies of his...

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Sir Keir Starmer has told the new leaders of Syria that they must renounce terrorism and violence following the collapse of Bashar al-Assad’s regime. Speaking as he arrived in the Gulf for trade talks, the Prime Minister said it was “very early days” when asked whether his Government would engage with the Syrian rebel group that has overthrown Assad. He welcomed the fall of Assad’s “barbaric regime”, and said: “We do need a political solution, and that’s what we are talking to regional allies about. It is a good thing that Assad has gone, a very good thing for the...

Donald Trump is more popular in Britain than Sir Keir Starmer, exclusive polling for The Telegraph has shown. A survey conducted by Freshwater Strategy shows Mr Trump, the president-elect, has a net favourability in Britain of -24 points while the Prime Minister scored -30. Similarly Elon Musk has a higher net favourability among UK voters than Sir Keir. He is looked on unfavourably by most voters, but less so than the prime minister with a -17 popularity rating. Of the public figures included in the poll, Jeremy Clarkson, with a positive rating of 15 points, is the second most popular...

Keir Starmer really doesn’t want to end up like Joe Biden. After a bumpy five months in office, the U.K.’s center-left prime minister will use a major speech on Thursday to shift focus from the abstract goal of boosting U.K. economic growth to the more tangible target of making voters feel better off. In doing so, his administration has one eye on the fate of the U.S. president, who could boast enviable GDP figures — but still faced the wrath of voters, pinched by high inflation, who instead backed the return of Donald Trump. In his speech, Starmer will promise...

Keir Starmer has been in office for only five months, but it is already clear that his Government will be the worst in half a century. The die is cast: the Prime Minister is doubling down on every mistake, every prejudice, every tenet of the failed orthodoxy that has ruined Britain, probably because he is a true believer. He cannot and won’t change, seemingly oblivious to his abominable poll ratings, yet his inability to get anything right is truly staggering. Even those of us who predicted Starmer would be a disaster have been stunned by the speed of his implosion,...