Politics

We spoke to Anthony Gardner, who was the US ambassador to the European Union between 2014 and 2017, and we asked him what is the UK’s role in brokering an agreement between the US and Ukraine?

Today, Zelenksyy shook hands with Starmer outside Downing Street arriving early for a crucial summit with European leaders tomorrow.

We speak to our correspondents about the crucial meeting between President Trump and Prime Minister Starmer.

We spoke to Nina Khrushcheva, professor of international affairs at The New School in New York, and granddaughter of the former Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev.

Edward Lucas is a senior fellow at the Center for European Policy Analysis and a former senior editor of The Economist, who specialises in European and transatlantic security and Russia.

Ahead of discussions between the UK’s prime minister Keir Starmer and President Trump, the US was forging ahead with talks with Russian diplomats in Turkey.

The prime minister has met Donald Trump before. But never in the Oval Office and never with such enormous stakes, not for the US, but for Britain.

It could be that the best chance of blocking any tariff war lies inside the vast US economy, where inflation is rising and consumer confidence is slumping – possibly making the tariff policy less viable politically.

We spoke to the Labour MP and chair of the International Development Select Committee, Sarah Champion.

It’s been reported that Ukraine has agreed terms with the USA on a minerals deal in bid to improve its own relations with the Trump administration.

We spoke to Taahra Ghazi, who’s the Co-CEO for ActionAid UK after Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced deep cuts to the UK foreign aid budget to fund an increase in defence spending.

It’s too soon to say who will lose support and when, but aid groups are reacting to the news with alarm – fearful much needed funding will be lost in the places that need it most.

We spoke to Defence Minister Luke Pollard in the Latvian capital Riga about the government’s decision to increase defence spending by £6bn a year.

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer meets the US President Donald Trump in Washington in a couple of days time and the announcement of a fast-track increase in UK defence spending was certainly framed to appeal to the US.

Reform UK’s former leader in Wales has appeared in court, accused of taking bribes when he was an MEP, to make statements benefiting Russia in the European Parliament.