UK: PM Keir Starmer to meet Trump within weeks- David Lammy

Sir Keir Starmer will visit Washington for talks with Donald Trump within weeks, the foreign secretary has suggested. Speaking ahead of Trump’s inauguration as president on Monday, David Lammy said…

UK: Public inquiry into Southport attack announced

A public inquiry will be held into the Southport attacks, Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has announced. It comes after 18-year-old Axel Rudakubana pleaded guilty to killing three girls – six-year-old Bebe King,…

USA: Trump moves to make ‘two genders’ and anti-DEI policy official

Donald Trump has moved to change the US government’s policies on gender and diversity, following through on promises he made on the campaign trail. “As of today, it will henceforth…

South Korean: Impeached president’s detention extended

A court in Seoul has extended the time South Korea’s impeached president Yoon Suk Yeol will be detained over his botched attempt to impose martial law in the country last…

USA: Biden delivers last-minute preemptive pardons

mere hours before Trump’s inauguration, Biden attempted to scuttle some of Trump’s campaign-trail threats. Trump  had repeatedly pledged retribution against those who criticised him, prompting Biden to take an extraordinary…

USA: Donald Trump’s inauguration as 47th US president key takeaways

Donald Trump has taken the oath of office to become the 47th president of the United States, returning to the White House four years after he left it in defeat. In his…

Vatican: Trump plan to deport migrants a ‘disgrace’- Pope

Pope Francis has said that Donald Trump’s plans to deport illegal migrants from the US would be a “disgrace” if they materialised. Speaking to an Italian TV programme from his…

USA: Trump declares national emergency at border in first speech to nation

President Donald Trump has proclaimed “America’s decline is over” as he vowed to act swiftly through sweeping executive action, including declaring a national emergency at the US-Mexico border. In his…

USA: Musk accused of giving Nazi salute during Trump inauguration celebrations

Tech  billionaire Elon Musk has come under fire after making back-to-back hand gestures resembling the Nazi salute during a speech celebrating the presidential inauguration of Donald Trump. Addressing Trump supporters hours after the…

LIVE UPDATES: Donald Trump in the White House

As we’ve been reporting, Trump has signed another raft of executive actions. Here’s a brief round-up of some of those he signed a little while ago: These actions have been…