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The prime minister announced the increase in defence spending days before meeting US President Donald Trump in Washington.

"The Real Housewives of the White House." Those seven words about the sordid reality TV franchise were really all Bill Maher had to say tonight on HBO's Real Time of the Oval Office shouting match Friday after showing footage of the very undiplomatic exchange.

President Donald Trump met with Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker Thursday morning at the White House, according to a post on X Butker made headlines last year after giving a commencement speech at Benedictine College,

After a meeting in the White House, Trump calls Starmer a "tough negotiator", adding: "He earned whatever the hell they pay him over there."

It is “crucial” for Ukraine to have US President Donald Trump’s support, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Saturday, the day after he was berated by the US leader in a heated meeting at the Oval Office.

Whether or not President Volodymyr Zelensky was ambushed or should have been more diplomatic in the Oval Office, it was a disastrous visit for Ukraine.For those watching in Kyiv, the future of their country hung in the balance.

Ukrainian officials reached out to senior White House officials desperate to get the deal back on track, but President Trump was unwilling to talk to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy further today,

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has spoken to US President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky after a meeting between the two leaders in Washington descended into a row about US support for Ukraine.

The statements piled up on social media, offering words of encouragement to the Ukrainian leader and his people.

W HEN VOLODYMYR ZELENSKY arrived at the White House on February 28th the America-Ukrainian relationship was fragile and uncertain. By the time the Ukrainian president left, it was shattered. After a full-blown shouting match in front of the television cameras—with Donald Trump and his vice-president,