An internal Pentagon email, reported by the Reuters news agency, suggested Washington was reviewing options to penalize the two nations for insufficiently supporting the war in Iran.

KING CHARLES III’s trip to America on April 27th-30th is ostensibly to commemorate the 250th anniversary of America’s independence from Britain. It is turning into a mission to help salvage the countries’ “special relationship”,

Britain is far from the wettest place on Earth, but its reputation as a gray landscape populated by perma-sodden umbrella-clutchers is so longstanding, it’s seeped into the national identity. “It’s raining cats and dogs” was a phrase muttered by ...

The US-EU relationship is at its most fragile point since the build-up to the Iraq war in 2003. While President Donald Trump openly questions Nato and President Volodymyr Zelensky’s desire for peace, EU leaders have continued to voice their unequivocal ...

The Iran war has left Britain's armed forces exposed, heaping pressure on Prime Minister Keir Starmer to act on his promises to invest

Is immigration at a record high? No, net inward migration is currently falling sharply, following a massive post-Brexit surge (the “Boriswave”). That wave peaked in 2023 and since then numbers have been dropping rapidly. In 2024, total “net migration ...

Philip Rycroft says promises on issues from economics to immigration have not lived up to expectations

The Biden administration agreed the deal with Argentina in 2024 - before Labour got into power.