Starmer tries to woo Trump – but has the US-UK relationship lost its spark?

28/02/2025 06:00 The Guardian

UK PM hopes charm offensive will yield benefits but Eurosceptics in president’s coterie could scupper planIs there enough love left in the US-UK special relationship or has the magic faded?That is the question that Keir Starmer arrived in Washington to pose at what Sir Peter Westmacott, Britain’s ambassador to Washington from 2012 to 2016, called “one of the most consequential meetings of a British prime minister and president that we have had since the second world war”. Continue reading...

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Russia-linked Telegram channels ‘offering to pay for attacks on UK mosques’

Exclusive: Campaigners say cryptocurrency payments were offered to UK residents if they daubed anti-Muslim graffitiA network of Telegram channels with Russian links is encouraging UK residents to commit violent attacks on mosques and Muslims and offering cryptocurrency in return, campaigners have wa...

28/02/2025 11:41 The Guardian

US shutdown of HIV/Aids funding ‘could lead to 500,000 deaths in South Africa’

USAid cuts to clinics dispensing antiretroviral drugs will be ‘death sentence for mothers and children’, expert warnsSweeping notices of termination of funding have been received by organisations working with HIV and Aids across Africa, with dire predictions of a huge rise in deaths as a result....

28/02/2025 11:37 The Guardian

Zelenskyy heads to US for Trump meeting with minerals deal expected to be signed – Europe live

Key details of agreement yet to be made public but US president has resisted agreeing to provide security guaranteesTrump says Putin would keep his word on a Ukraine peace dealin AthensThe peaceful scenes in central Athens have now been eclipsed by the eruption of full scale clashes between rock-thr...

28/02/2025 11:36 The Guardian

Labor unions cheer court ruling that blocked Trump’s mass firings – US politics live

Lawyers for the unions hail ruling as ‘important initial victory’The Russian foreign ministry praised the latest round of talks with the United States in a statement on Friday, calling them “substantive and businesslike.”Russian and US teams held six hours of talks in Turkey on Thursday to t...

28/02/2025 11:24 The Guardian

China’s defence ministry warns Taiwan ‘we will get you, sooner or later’

Threat after Taipei announces bigger military drills appears to mirror a line from children’s film Ne Zha 2China’s defence ministry spokesperson has warned Taiwan “we will come and get you, sooner or later”, after Taipei announced an expansion of military exercises.The threat was delivered i...

28/02/2025 10:24 The Guardian

China promises ‘countermeasures’ after Trump threatens additional 10% tariff

US president also says delayed tariffs on imports from Canada and Mexico will go into effect on 4 MarchDonald Trump has threatened China with an additional 10% tariff on its exports to the US, prompting a promise of “countermeasures” from Beijing and setting the stage for another significant esc...

28/02/2025 09:00 The Guardian

Friday briefing: What happened when Keir Starmer met Donald Trump

In today’s newsletter: From Russia to tariffs and the Chagos Islands, yesterday’s White House meeting set the agenda for the UK’s future relationship with the US Continue reading...

28/02/2025 06:41 The Guardian

Police search for answers after Gene Hackman and wife found dead at home

Sheriffs search home in New Mexico after bodies discovered but say no sign of struggle, foul play or evidence of gas leakInvestigators in Santa Fe, New Mexico, are continuing to search for answers after Gene Hackman, an Oscar winner who graced the silver screen for more than 60 years, and his wife,...

28/02/2025 06:00 The Guardian

Almost half of England’s councils ‘could face bankruptcy over £4.6bn deficit’

Damning National Audit Office report says action is needed to address deficit accumulated under Tory-era policyAlmost half of councils in England risk falling into bankruptcy without action to address a £4.6bn deficit amassed under a Conservative-era policy, the government’s spending watchdog has...

28/02/2025 06:00 The Guardian

Antoinette Lattouf v ABC hearing live: post about starvation used as ‘weapon of war’ in Gaza had two problems, court hears

Unlawful termination hearing is examining how and why ABC removed journalist from the Radio Sydney Mornings show in December 2023Ian Neil SC, for the ABC, said it is important for Justice Darryl Rangiah to get to the truth of why Antoinette Lattouf was taken off air.Key to this, Neil says, is an und...

28/02/2025 05:08 The Guardian

California judge blocks Trump administration’s mass firings of federal workers – as it happened

This live coverage has ended. You can find the latest US politics news here. As Donald Trump and tech billionaire Elon Musk work zealously to slash tens of billions in federal spending by axing thousands of jobs and gutting some government agencies, Musk faces mounting claims he has conflicts of int...

28/02/2025 02:31 The Guardian

Australia news live: China has nothing to apologise for over live-fire drills, ambassador says; Star goes into trading halt

Xiao Qian signals Beijing will regularly send more warships to region. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastSafety net for laid off fashion group workersWorkers out of a job after the collapse of fashion retailer Mosiac Group will be guaranteed their e...

28/02/2025 00:23 The Guardian

BBC apologises for ‘significant and damaging’ mistakes in Gaza film

Independent review to explore making of documentary that featured son of a Hamas official, after BBC board discussion The BBC’s board has apologised for the “significant and damaging” mistakes made in producing its documentary on Gaza.The corporation’s board met on Thursday after it emerged...

27/02/2025 23:58 The Guardian

Trump praises Starmer’s ‘hard’ lobbying as he again suggests UK will be exempt from US tariffs – as it happened

Trump calls Starmer meeting ‘tremendously productive’ and says ‘we have a very good chance at arriving at a very good deal’ Trump-Starmer visit: the key takeawaysEuropean Commission president Ursula von der Leyen will travel to London this Sunday to take part in an informal meeting on Ukrain...

27/02/2025 23:52 The Guardian

Is the tide starting to turn against Trump? – podcast

This week, Donald Trump continued to dominate the world stage, welcoming a procession of global leaders to Washington, including Keir Starmer. But while the ‘special relationship’ is front and centre in the UK, attention in the US is very much elsewhere. As the president goes full steam ahead wi...

27/02/2025 23:21 The Guardian

Trump says Putin would keep his word on a Ukraine peace deal

President claims presence of US workers in Ukraine would deter Russian aggression after talks with Keir StarmerStarmer visits Trump: latest updatesDonald Trump has insisted that Vladimir Putin would “keep his word” on a peace deal for Ukraine, arguing that US workers extracting critical minerals...

27/02/2025 22:42 The Guardian

Russian chess grandmaster Boris Spassky dies aged 88

World champion will be remembered for the ‘match of the century’ against American Bobby Fischer in 1972Soviet chess grandmaster Boris Spassky, who was famously defeated at the height of the cold war, has died at 88, the Russian Chess Federation has announced.“The tenth world champion Boris Spa...

27/02/2025 22:33 The Guardian

Amazon unveils Ocelot, its first quantum computing chip

Amazon Web Services enters emerging race against tech giants days after Microsoft revealed its quantum chipAmazon Web Services (AWS) on Thursday announced Ocelot, its first-generation quantum computing chip, as it enters the race against fellow tech giants in harnessing the experimental technology.D...

27/02/2025 19:48 The Guardian

Coroner warns about NHS physician associates after misdiagnosis and death of woman

Pamela Marking, suffering severe stomach issues, diagnosed in hospital with nosebleed and sent home by PAA coroner has issued a warning about the role of physician associates in NHS hospitals after a woman with severe abdominal problems was wrongly diagnosed as having a nosebleed and died four days...

27/02/2025 19:39 The Guardian

Donald Trump suggests he will back UK in Chagos Islands deal

‘I think we’ll be inclined to go along with your country,’ president says of plan to hand sovereignty to MauritiusStarmer visits Trump – latest updatesDonald Trump has strongly hinted that he will back a deal in which the UK hands sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, including the...

27/02/2025 19:37 The Guardian

Netanyahu sends delegation to Egypt to continue Gaza ceasefire talks with Hamas

Israeli team heads to Cairo as end of deal’s first phase approaches, but big differences remain between two sidesIsrael’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has announced that he has instructed a delegation to depart for Egypt for talks on continuing the ceasefire in the war with Hamas in Gaza,...

27/02/2025 19:01 The Guardian

Woman could not stop husband’s suicide in London prison due to broken intercom

Wife drove two hours to try to alert prison after attempting to raise alarm on phone line that did not workA woman who drove 60 miles to Wormwood Scrubs to prevent her husband from taking his own life in prison was unable to alert staff in time because the telephone line and the intercom were both b...

27/02/2025 18:35 The Guardian

Gene Hackman and wife’s deaths ‘suspicious enough’ for investigation, warrant says

Warrant raises questions about scattered pills, after Betsy Arakawa’s body had ‘mummification in hands’An active investigation is under way into the deaths of the Oscar-winning actor Gene Hackman and his wife, the classical pianist Betsy Arakawa, after their bodies were found “in a state of...

27/02/2025 17:28 The Guardian

Starmer’s cut to aid budget a ‘strategic mistake’, says former army head

Exclusive: Gen Lord Richard Dannatt warns ‘shortsighted’ move will ultimately add to burden on Britain’s armed forcesRichard Dannatt: I ran Britain’s army. I know what it needs. Don’t cut aid to fund defenceKeir Starmer’s decision to reduce the foreign aid budget in order to pay for incr...

27/02/2025 17:16 The Guardian

Trump administration ends funding for UN program fighting HIV/Aids

Peter Marocco sends letter to UNAids terminating US involvement in serious blow to live-saving health serviceUS politics live – latest updatesThe Trump administration has terminated its funding of the joint United Nations program on HIV/Aids, known as UNAids, delivering another devastating blow to...

27/02/2025 17:03 The Guardian

Katy Perry, Lauren Sánchez, Gayle King: all-female crew to helm next space flight on Bezos’s Blue Origin rocket

Activist Amanda Nguyen, movie producer Kerianne Flynn and former Nasa scientist Aisha Bowe will also be on flightJeff Bezos announced on Thursday that an all-female crew would helm the next flight into space of a Blue Origin rocket. The singer Katy Perry will join the television host Gayle King, the...

27/02/2025 16:56 The Guardian

White House demands agencies identify hundreds of thousands of potential layoffs

A memo from the Trump administration gives federal officials until 13 March to submit plans for additional firingsUS politics live – latest updatesThe Trump administration is pushing for federal agencies to carry out a large-scale slashing of the federal workforce, demanding plans for hundreds of...

27/02/2025 16:24 The Guardian

Jailed Kurdish leader calls for PKK to disarm – in shift that could shake up Turkey and Middle East

Abdullah Öcalan’s message, which follows four decades of guerrilla warfare, will have far-reaching implications The ageing leader of a Kurdish militant group imprisoned on a remote Turkish island has called on the group to disarm and dissolve itself, opening the door to a fragile peace with Turke...

27/02/2025 16:15 The Guardian

Putin says US-Russia contacts give ‘hope’ amid talks in Turkey on restoring ties – as it happened

Russian president claims to FSB security service that ‘some western elites will try to undermine our dialogue’Speaking at a press conference in Vienna, the Austrian People’s Party’s leader Christian Stocker hailed the success of “probably the most difficult government negotiations in histo...

27/02/2025 16:00 The Guardian

Ban pornography depicting strangulation, review urges UK ministers

Independent review also calls for ban on other ‘legal but harmful’ material that is degrading, violent or misogynisticUK politics live – latest updatesPornography depicting strangulation should be made illegal along with other kinds of “legal but harmful” sexual material, according to an i...

27/02/2025 15:49 The Guardian

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Korea showcases 'counterattack' abilities with new missile tests 28/02 00:46 - Starmer Offers Trump a Plea and a Promise Over Ukraine 28/02 00:23 - Australia news live: China has nothing to apologise for over live-fire drills, ambassador says; Star goes into trading halt 27/02 23:58 - BBC apologises for ‘significant and damaging’ mistakes in Gaza film 27/02 23:52 - Trump praises Starmer’s ‘hard’ lobbying as he again suggests UK will be exempt from US tariffs – as it happened 27/02 23:47 - A Loan-Scorned Socialite Reported Her Warhol Stolen. A Tempest Ensued. 27/02 23:21 - Is the tide starting to turn against Trump? – podcast 27/02 23:01 - 27 Pieces Of Clothing From J.Crew Factory That'll Help Update Your Closet For Under $50 27/02 22:42 - Trump says Putin would keep his word on a Ukraine peace deal 27/02 22:33 - Russian chess grandmaster Boris Spassky dies aged 88 27/02 22:17 - Trump refuses to guarantee backup for British military 27/02 22:10 - Starmer says Ukraine truce 'can't be peace that rewards the aggressor' 27/02 22:07 - Boris Spassky, Soviet chess champion and Cold War symbol, dies at 88 27/02 21:44 - Israeli army admits ‘complete failure’ to prevent October 7 attacks 27/02 21:28 - I Loved ‘Anora,’ but I Still Hope It Loses at the Oscars 27/02 21:13 - Putin ‘hopeful’ as Russia and US press on with diplomatic reset 27/02 21:13 - Putin ‘hopeful’ as Russia and US press on with diplomatic reset 27/02 21:10 - 🔴 Ukraine truce 'can't be a peace that rewards the aggressor', Starmer says in Washington 27/02 21:10 - Russia slams ‘light sentencing’ of pro-Ukraine arsonists 27/02 20:59 - Trump and Starmer on Ukraine ceasefire deal 27/02 20:59 - Trump and Starmer on Ukraine ceasefire deal 27/02 20:27 - Pro-Russia Politicians in Ukraine, Inspired by Trump and Putin, See an Opening 27/02 20:06 - Trump extends Russia sanctions for another year 27/02 19:49 - Sudan facing ‘the abyss’ unless war ends as mass starvation looms, UN warns 27/02 19:49 - Sudan facing ‘the abyss’ unless war ends as mass starvation looms, UN warns 27/02 19:48 - Amazon unveils Ocelot, its first quantum computing chip 27/02 19:41 - BBC Verify: Viral Donald Trump Jr audio highly likely AI fake 27/02 19:39 - Coroner warns about NHS physician associates after misdiagnosis and death of woman 27/02 19:37 - Donald Trump suggests he will back UK in Chagos Islands deal 27/02 19:32 - Doctors Shared The Top 5 Early Warning Signs Of A Mini Stroke, And It's Information Everyone Should Have 27/02 19:25 - Starmer's turn: What can old allies do to convince Trump on Ukraine? 27/02 19:01 - Netanyahu sends delegation to Egypt to continue Gaza ceasefire talks with Hamas 27/02 18:35 - Woman could not stop husband’s suicide in London prison due to broken intercom 27/02 17:31 - Putin Praises Trump for Working to Thaw U.S.-Russia Tensions 27/02 17:28 - Gene Hackman and wife’s deaths ‘suspicious enough’ for investigation, warrant says 27/02 17:16 - Starmer’s cut to aid budget a ‘strategic mistake’, says former army head 27/02 17:03 - Trump administration ends funding for UN program fighting HIV/Aids 27/02 16:56 - Katy Perry, Lauren Sánchez, Gayle King: all-female crew to helm next space flight on Bezos’s Blue Origin rocket 27/02 16:30 - Is the US-Ukraine mineral deal a win-win agreement? 27/02 16:30 - Is the US-Ukraine mineral deal a win-win agreement? 27/02 16:27 - North Korea sending more troops to fight for Russia, Seoul says 27/02 16:24 - White House demands agencies identify hundreds of thousands of potential layoffs 27/02 16:15 - Jailed Kurdish leader calls for PKK to disarm – in shift that could shake up Turkey and Middle East 27/02 16:08 - How Yura Borisov of ‘Anora’ Went From the Kremlin to the Oscars 27/02 16:05 - News24 | 'Blatant provocation': Taiwan detects record 45 China aircraft, 14 warships near island 27/02 16:00 - Putin says US-Russia contacts give ‘hope’ amid talks in Turkey on restoring ties – as it happened 27/02 15:49 - Ban pornography depicting strangulation, review urges UK ministers 27/02 15:35 - US, EU move apart as Trump eyes Ukraine’s minerals and a deal with Russia 27/02 15:35 - US, EU move apart as Trump eyes Ukraine’s minerals and a deal with Russia 27/02 15:11 - UK is ‘hostile environment’ for Afghans amid rise in refusal of asylum claims, lawyer says 27/02 15:09 - Trump administration memo orders Pentagon to identify and fire transgender members of US military 27/02 14:51 - EU hits back hard at Trump’s claim that bloc 'screws' the US 27/02 14:41 - UK’s Starmer to meet with Trump as European leaders push for Ukraine support 27/02 14:36 - UK health security chiefs warn of second wave of norovirus