Published on Mar 02, 2025 11:39 AM IST A day after Trump’s explosive clash with Zelensky, UK PM Keir Starmer pledged £2.26 billion for Ukraine—but with a catch. Unlike past Western aid, Britain is offering a loan, just as Trump suggested for U.S. funding. The money, backed by frozen Russian assets, will go into Ukraine’s…
US President Donald Trump is not happy with the UK government‘s demand to Apple to provide a technical “back door” to access user data. In a recent interview with UK-based magazine ‘The Spectator’, the US President Donald Trump criticized the UK government’s request for Apple to grant access to certain user data, comparing it to…
WASHINGTON (AP) — All it took was 90 seconds for weeks of tortured diplomacy to unwind in spectacular fashion. President Donald Trump’s Oval Office thrashing of Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Friday laid bare the limits of a full-court press by America’s allies aimed at reshaping Trump’s determination to end Russia’s invasion even if the terms…
U.S. President Donald Trump has accepted an invitation to attend an official state visit with King Charles III, which was handed to him in a letter by U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer. Traditionally, second-term U.S. presidents who have already made an official state visit — Trump met formally with Queen Elizabeth II in 2019 —…
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Storm ahead There is still time for Starmer to become either of them. He left the White House under dark clouds — literally — and unanswered questions. Aides later clarified that despite Trump speaking of a trade deal, they were not prioritizing a full-fat free-trade agreement, long coveted in London after Brexit. Starmer, on the…
British prime minister meets with Trump at White House – CBS News Watch CBS News British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is the latest European leader to make a personal appeal to President Trump to continue U.S. support for Ukraine in the war with Russia, and to stop his tariff threats. Margaret Brennan has more. Be…
By Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy is set to meet with U.S. President Donald Trump and sign a critical minerals deal on Friday as Kyiv works to regain U.S. support to fight off the Russian invasion as Washington reverses its punitive policy towards Moscow. Zelenskiy, who gained billions of dollars’ worth…
Flattery and underlying tension defined the meeting between US President Donald Trump and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer at the White House on Thursday. Starmer turned on his charm during the talks for a commitment of US military support to Ukraine in the ongoing war with Russia, but Trump brushed aside the plea. In one…
Trump showed the letter, marked “private and confidential” and featuring Charles’ signature, to the cameras gathered in the Oval Office on Thursday. The letter, partially obscured by Mr Trump’s hand, reads: “I can only say that it would be … pleasure to extend that invitation once again, in the hope that you … some stage…