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Starmer says 'dangerous new era' behind decision to boost UK defence spending and cut aid
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Keir Starmer announces boost to British defence spending, on eve of White House visit
White House visit forces UK to accelerate defence spending announcement
When Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced his plan to increase defence spending yesterday, it took many by surprise, but in many ways it didn't, writes Tommy Meskill.
President Donald Trump welcomed French President Emmanuel Macron to the White House for talks on Monday at a moment of deep uncertainty about the future of transatlantic relations, with Trump transforming American foreign policy and effectively tuning out European leadership as he looks to quickly end Russia’s war in Ukraine.
"The most negative thing would be a gruesome sell-out of Ukraine and we get slapped with tariffs," says a source involved in working out the best moves for No 10 as Sir Keir Starmer prepares to head to the White House.
I think Ukrainians are more worried than ever about the pressure they’re being put under and now, of course, supporters of President Trump - apologists for the way he works - say that he throws out verbal gambits to make people drop long-held positions to make a deal.
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.
The announcement comes ahead of a high-stakes meeting between Keir Starmer and Donald Trump at the White House on Thursday.
Trump is set to host French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday, the three-year anniversary of the war in Ukraine, while British Prime Minister Keir Starmer will be at the White House on Thursday.
Sir Keir Starmer will visit the White House next week, in what will be his first trip to the US since Donald Trump became president. After a week which has seen America's longstanding support for Ukraine up-ended,
U.S. President Donald Trump will host meetings with French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday and with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Thursday, White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt said.
UK leader Keir Starmer makes a high-stakes visit to the White House on Thursday to try to convince US President Donald Trump to provide security guarantees for Ukraine as part
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Trump was joined at the White House by French President Emmanuel Macron for the meeting, and the two leaders were holding bilateral talks to discuss the situation in Ukraine. The talks come at a moment of deep uncertainty about the future of transatlantic relations,
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