Sir Keir Starmer was hit with a brutal rejection by President Donald Trump as the Prime Minister failed to bid for Britain to be excluded from new tariffs. It comes as the US State Department issued a statement saying it was "concerned about freedom of expression in the United Kingdom" with a source telling The Telegraph there should be "no free

Donald Trump has formally signed off Sir Keir Starmer’s deal to hand the Chagos islands over to Mauritius, No 10 has said. The agreement is now being “finalised” between the UK and Mauritius.A Downing Street spokesperson said: “We are now working with the Mauritian government to finalise the deal and sign the treaty.