Quick Glance: Crucial US-Russia Talks Scheduled in Saudi Arabia
- Senior officials from the U.S. and Russia are set to meet in Saudi Arabia to discuss improving relations and addressing the Ukraine conflict.
- This meeting is seen as a pivotal move by the Trump administration to reverse prior policies of isolating Russia.
- Russia has rejected any territorial concessions, while the U.S. insists that peace negotiations must include Ukraine's participation.
- Ukrainian President Zelenskyy has raised concerns about the talks and emphasized the need for European involvement in any negotiations.
Rachel Reeves’s Who’s Who entry lists incorrect journal publication: The chancellor is wrongly listed in Who’s Who as a contributor to the Journal of Political ...
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YouGov: For the first time, Nigel Farage is ahead of Keir Starmer by more than the margin of error in our favourability polling Nigel Farage Favourable: 30% ...
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Should the UK send troops to Ukraine? Have your say: Keir Starmer has said he is "ready and willing" to send British troops to Ukraine in a ...
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Sir Keir Starmer joins Europe in confronting reality of Trump and Putin's emerging new world order
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Starmer says US 'backstop' needed for Ukraine peace deal: The PM says "a US security guarantee is the only way to effectively deter Russia from attacking Ukraine ...
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How the Media and Musk Are Boosting Nigel Farage’s Reform UK Well Beyond Its Size
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Starmer must protect Britain’s defence industry: France is pushing very strongly for an EU defence procurement programme banning member states from purchasing ...
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Leaders attend emergency talks at Paris summit — as it happened: European chiefs arrive at the Élysée in response to President Trump initiating peace ...
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Ramp up defence spending if you want to back Ukraine, Starmer urged
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Keir Starmer: Pledge of two million extra NHS appointments met: Sir Keir Starmer says the figure is a "shot in the arm", but "the job isn't done" to bring down ...
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European leaders gather for emergency meeting after Trump shuts them out of Ukraine talks
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With Keir Starmer saying he is willing to send British soldiers to Ukraine as peacekeepers, alongside other European nations ... Show more
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UK pay growth rises 6% despite job loss warnings after Reeves’s budget: Unemployment rate unchanged in December, while vacancies continue to fall in latest ...
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London’s Khan Calls for Closer EU Ties in Face of Trump Tariffs: London Mayor Sadiq Khan on Tuesday will step up his call for the UK’s central government to seek ...
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MPs likely to have say on UK peacekeeping force for Ukraine, says minister: Discussion of a peacekeeping force comes as US and Russian officials meet for the ...
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UK Public Services Brace for Cuts of Up to 11% to Fund Defense: Some UK government departments are bracing for budget cuts of as much as 11% as Prime Minister ...
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Leaders divided on prospects for European peacekeepers in Ukraine: While the UK's Keir Starmer reaffirmed he’s ready to consider sending British forces on ...
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UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer said he was ready to send troops to Ukraine if necessary after a ceasefire to ensure the security of Britain and Europe ... Show more
Ethics tsar must probe Hermer, say Labour MPs: Well, well, well. After a rather rocky ride in the Sunday papers, Lord Hermer is back in the spotlight this week – ...
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Rayner’s housing plan at risk as construction sector warns UK does not have workers to build 1.5 million homes
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UK's Keir Starmer to meet Trump next week after US freezes Europe out of Ukraine talks
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Ukraine war latest: Starmer says ‘there must be a US backstop’ for any Ukraine peace deal
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UK Supreme Court rejects Reeves' intervention in motor finance case, bank shares slide
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Labour has hit NHS appointments target, Keir Starmer says: The prime minister announces that waiting lists are coming down but he wants reform to go further by ...
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Labour MPs call for ethics tsar to investigate attorney-general: Lord Hermer has refused to reveal payments for his work as a lawyer since joining the cabinet ...
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Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer is met by French President Emmanuel Macron as he arrives at the Élysées Palace.
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The hounding of Angela Rayner is an apex moment of class awfulness - Alastair Stewart
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Securing a possible ceasefire: MPs urge debate on peacekeeping troops in Ukraine: British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has agreed to send peacekeeping troops to ...
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British troops won’t help Ukraine: Sir Keir Starmer’s proposal to put British troops on the ground as part of a peacekeeping force in Ukraine is a principled and ...
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Scottish Greens slam ‘devastating’ National Insurance hike: THE SCOTTISH Greens co-leader has slammed Labour’s increase on Employer National Insurance ...
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Starmer ‘living in fantasy land’ and must boost defence spending, ex-army chief warns
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UK’s Chagos deal is ‘dangerous surrender’ to China, says senator: Jim Risch, a Republican and ally of President Trump, said the decision to hand over the islands ...
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Lucy Letby: Wes Streeting urges caution over campaign to clear nurse: The Health Secretary says he will believe Lucy Letby is guilty unless a court decides ...
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The authoritarian socialist regimes of the twentieth century tried to rescue people from ‘kitchen slavery’ through communal eateries ... Show more
Britain braced for more cuts to boost defence as Starmer holds Ukraine talks: Whitehall departments told to suggest savings as PM says pressure from Trump means ...
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The world changed at Munich – now British troops could go to Ukraine: Prime Minister Keir Starmer has said he would send soldiers to keep the peace if a deal is ...
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Benefits cuts and higher taxes - how Reeves could raise defence spending: Economic uncertainty and new defence spending pressures could force Reeves to make ...
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‘This is Keir Starmer’s Poll Tax’: Labour warned inheritance tax protests won’t stop
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UK's Starmer readies order to raise defence spending, Sunday Times reports
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Scottish Secretary ‘very comfortable’ with sending troops to Ukraine: The Prime Minister announced on Monday he would be open to a peacekeeping force being ...
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U.K., Sweden say troops could head to post-war Ukraine as Trump fuels a European "collective security" drive
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In the October budget, Reeves announced that the main rate of employers’ national insurance contributions would increase to 15 per cent from 13 ... Show more
BREAKING: Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer is expected to meet US President Donald Trump next week.
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Russia's war of aggression: Great Britain is ready to send troops to Ukraine: London is being specific when it comes to a military operation in Ukraine ...
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The north of England had high hopes for this government. Why is it only offering us crumbs from the south?
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Keir Starmer will act as ‘bridge’ to Trump in Ukraine peace talks: Europe scrambles to stop Kyiv being abandoned as the prime minister says that he’s willing to ...
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Is Starmer about to finally increase defence spending?: Even if the Treasury gives the Ministry of Defence more money than it had originally planned ...
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UK politics live: Kemi Badenoch claims diversity policies in speech and climate activism ‘poison’ at major right-wing summit
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Keir Starmer Offers to Send U.K. Troops to Ukraine as Part of Peace Deal : Prime Minister Keir Starmer said for the first time on Sunday that he was “ready and ...
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Labour told refugee citizenship ban 'is toxic politics': KEIR Starmer has been accused by one of his closest trade union allies of encouraging “toxic politics” ...
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Two million NHS appointments pledge has been met, says Streeting - but is he right?
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Denmark's 'zero refugee' mission – and what lessons Starmer can learn: Left-wing Danish prime minister has implemented some of Europe’s toughest immigration ...
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Members seem to be deserting the Tories. Who can blame them?: Badenoch must not view Tory members quitting as an act of God - she must intervene
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UK employers to axe jobs as costs rise after the budget: Quarter of businesses plan to lay off workers or recruit fewer new staff as confidence falls
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Ukraine News: Starmer ready to deploy British troops to keep the peace: The United Kingdom will "deploy our own troops on the ground if necessary ...
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British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has offered to send British soldiers to Ukraine after the war. Britain could take on a "leading role" in working on ... Show more
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'Whole cabinet' recognises need to spend more on defence, minister says
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Saudi Arabia to host US-Russia talks on Ukraine, as UK says it’s ‘ready and willing’ to put troops on ground
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Chancellor Rachel Reeves' intervention in car loans case rejected: The UK's highest court has rejected the Treasury's attempts to intervene in the landmark case.
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Trump’s steel tariffs would damage UK and US, says business secretary: US President Donald Trump’s planned tariffs on imports of UK steel will cause damage on ...
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NHS hospitals set race quotas to win diversity awards: Thirty trusts join programme requiring boards to have minimum numbers of BAME directors to achieve gold ...
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