A White House official, however, said Trump's previous March 4 deadline for the 25% tariffs on Mexican and Canadian goods remained in effect "as of this moment," pending his review of Mexican and Canadian actions to secure their borders and halt the flow of migrants and the opioid fentanyl into the U.

On Wednesday UK chancellor Rachel Reeves will meet EU finance ministers at a G20 meeting in Cape Town to discuss a new funding mechanism to rebuild the continent’s enfeebled defences. On Thursday Starmer meets President Trump at the White House to plead with him to maintain the US security guarantee in Europe,

President Donald Trump is expected to meet with French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday at the White House. The two leaders are expected to discuss the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine as well as Trump's proposed tariffs on the European Union,

The U.S. is considering 25% tariffs on the European Union, President Trump said at the White House on Wednesday, adding more detail to the tariff threat he has issued against the 27-nation bloc. Trump had previously said he would target the EU with tariffs in response to the bloc’s own duties,

The European Union is broadening the list of U.S. goods it will target with retaliatory tariffs if the White House imposes duties on steel and aluminum exports, according to people familiar with the matter.

KYIV—A combative White House meeting has presented Ukraine with the prospect of fighting Russia without the support of its primary military backer through the first three years of the war. Now, the question is whether Europe has the firepower—and the political will—to help Ukraine hold off the Russians.

The United States is drawing up a plan to potentially give Russia sanctions relief as President Donald Trump seeks to restore ties with Moscow and stop the war in Ukraine, a US official and another person familiar with the matter told Reuters.

The bust of British wartime Prime Minister Winston Churchill is now back in rightful place in the Oval Office, Trump says.

The White House said on Tuesday it would decide which media organizations participate in the press pool that covers the president, wresting control away from the group of journalists that has done so for decades.

Volodymyr Zelensky has refused to apologise to Donald Trump in his first remarks since being kicked out of the White House by the US president. The pair clashed during a meeting in the Oval Office earlier on Thursday. Asked during a Fox News interview if he owes the US president an apology, he said: “I respect the president and the American people.

Zelenskyy left the White House without signing a deal after President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance berated the Ukrainian leader for being "disrespectful," the internationally televised spat drew widespread reactions.