Donald Trump launched a blistering attack on Britain’s plan to cede the Chagos Islands to Mauritius

US president accuses several countries of playing ‘a dangerous game’

Donald Trump’s reverence for the British royal family has already been used skilfully by Sir Keir Starmer to persuade the US president, writes political editor David Maddox

The criticism comes just one day after the UK prime minister called for calm between the US and Nato allies

Chief secretary to Keir Starmer insists that his relationship with the US president is ‘working’

Donald Trump launched a blistering attack on Britain’s plan to cede the Chagos Islands to Mauritius

The prime minister has built his foreign policy around being seen as a trustworthy ally of the US president.

Political editor David Maddox was in the Oval Office when Trump gave his blessing to Starmer for the Chagos deal, but now the US president has changed his mind as the row over…

The US president has appeared to change his view on the deal

PM also accuses Kemi Badenoch of supporting efforts by Trump to ‘undermine the government’s position’

The US president has abandoned diplomatic niceties for open contempt with his recent attacks on the UK – and Sir Keir Starmer has finally come out swinging, writes political…