Feb 27 Watch 4:20 Trump meets with British PM amid tensions with Europe over Ukraine and tariffs By Lisa Desjardins, Eliot Barnhart British Prime Minister Keir Starmer continued a week of Oval Office diplomacy, arriving at the White House for meetings with President Trump and his team. Starmer is the second of three critical European allies to meet with the president this… Continue watching
Feb 27 WATCH: Trump meets with UK leader Starmer, receives invite from King Charles III to visit Scotland By Associated Press The letter captured by photographs and shown partially by Trump to reporters in the Oval Office says the British monarch remembers with “great fondness” Trump’s visit during his first term. Continue reading
Feb 27 WATCH: Trump and UK Prime Minister Starmer hold news conference By Jill Lawless, Aamer Madhani, Associated Press British Prime Minister Keir Starmer used a visit to Washington on Thursday to press President Donald Trump not to abandon Ukraine as he looks to find a quick endgame to Russia's bloody invasion of its neighbor. Continue reading
Feb 26 Starmer brings UK defense spending pledge to Washington to help sway Trump on Ukraine By Jill Lawless, Associated Press U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer flew 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. Continue reading
Feb 23 France and Britain's leaders head to Washington to urge Trump not to abandon Ukraine By Jill Lawless, Sylvie Corbet, Associated Press The leaders of France and Britain are making tag-team visits to Washington this week as Europe attempts to persuade President Donald Trump not to abandon Ukraine in pursuit of a peace deal in the three-year-old war with Russia. Continue reading
Jan 16 Starmer and Zelenskyy sign '100-year partnership' agreement between UK and Ukraine By Jill Lawless, Associated Press U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer signed a 100-year partnership agreement with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Thursday, part of a European show of support and promises to keep helping Ukraine endure in its nearly three-year war with Russia. Continue reading
Dec 29 World leaders react to former President Jimmy Carter's death By Associated Press Leaders around the world issued statements of condolences and respect in response to news of former President Jimmy Carter's death. Continue reading
Sep 13 Watch 3:48 Biden and British PM consider allowing Ukraine to use long-range weapons in Russia By Nick Schifrin, Geoff Bennett, Dan Sagalyn Leaders of Ukraine’s two most important allies are meeting in Washington. President Biden and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer have many topics on their agenda, but there is particular attention on coordinating support for Ukraine and allowing Kyiv to use… Continue watching
Sep 13 Biden meets with UK leader Starmer as Ukraine pushes for easing weapon restrictions By Aamer Madhani, Matthew Lee, Associated Press Ukraine wants to use some weapons to strike deeper into Russia, and there are signs the White House might shift its policy in response. Continue reading
Sep 04 'Death trap': Grenfell Tower fire due to UK government and industry failures, report finds By Jill Lawless, Associated Press The yearslong public inquiry into the 2017 blaze found that there was no “single cause” of the tragedy, but said a combination of dishonest companies, weak or incompetent regulators and complacent government led to the deadliest blaze on British soil… Continue reading