Keir Starmer, Trump and Peace in Ukraine

UK announces increase in defense spending and cut in foreign aid ahead of PM Starmer’s meeting with Trump
Britain will accelerate an increase to its defense spending, Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced Tuesday, on the eve of a crucial visit to meet US President Donald Trump in Washington. Starmer said he will raise military spending from 2.
UK to raise defense spending to 2.5% of GDP by 2027, Starmer says 2 days before Trump meeting
Prime Minister Keir Starmer says the U.K. will raise defense spending to 2.5% of gross domestic product by 2027. Starmer made the committment on Tuesday.
UK's Starmer, France's Macron Welcome Trump's Work Towards Durable Peace in Ukraine
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and French President Emmanuel Macron said on Tuesday they welcomed U.S. President Donald Trump's leadership in working towards a durable peace in Ukraine. A spokesperson for Starmer's office said both leaders spoke over the phone earlier on Tuesday and reiterated Ukraine must be at the heart of any peace negotiations over the war with Russia,
As Starmer meets Trump – what challenges face the UK’s prime minister?
Sir Keir Starmer is set to visit the White House on Thursday for his first meeting with US president Donald Trump since he was re-elected. It’s will likely be the biggest diplomatic challenge of the prime minister’s tenure so far as Russia’s war in Ukraine tops the agenda.
Keir Starmer heads to Washington with UK defense spending pledge to help sway Trump over Ukraine
U.K Prime Minister Keir Starmer flies to Washington on Wednesday after announcing a big increase in the British defense budget, an investment that he hopes will help persuade U.S. President Donald Trump to maintain support for Ukraine as Washington pushes to end the war.
Trump: Putin will accept European peacekeepers in Ukraine
US President Donald Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron held talks at the White House. Trump said he believes Russian President Vladimir Putin is ready to accept European peacekeepers in Ukraine.
UK users are losing a key Apple security feature, raising questions about the future of privacy
Apple users in the United Kingdom will no longer have access to a key data security feature for iCloud storage: Advanced Data ...
Banks, miners boost UK's FTSE 100 to more than one-week high
UK's benchmark stock indexes rose on Wednesday, swept up in a global risk-off move, with gains in banks and mining stocks ...
UK defence spending to rise to 2.5% of GDP by 2027, funded by cut in international aid
The announcement comes ahead of a high-stakes meeting between Keir Starmer and Donald Trump at the White House on Thursday.
Popular budget supermarket to shut stores across the UK after 'sudden' liquidation crisis
MaxiDeals, which once gave Poundstretcher a run for its money, has gone into liquidation and will close all stores across the ...
French, UK leaders rush to Washington at a historic turning point for the West
French President Emmanuel Macron will visit Trump on Monday — the third anniversary of Russia’s brutal invasion of Ukraine, a ...
The UK must make big changes to its diets, farming and land use to hit net zero – official climate advisers
Numbers of cows and sheep will have to fall by a third, with their farms replaced by huge areas of new woodland.
The BBC’s response to the UK Government’s consultation on AI
One way AI developers access the content they need to train their models is by ‘scraping’ data from millions of websites.
UK's Reeves: 'All of us must step up' defence spending
British Finance Minister Rachel Reeves said on Tuesday that other European nations must follow in her country's footsteps and ...