Keir Starmer said Donald Trump wished him well and agreed to stay in touch after he leaves Downing Street, despite recent tensions over Iran and criticism of Britain. Starmer also said NATO emerged more united from the Ankara summit and left behind a personalised revolver gifted by Turkey’s president.
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Trump told Volodymyr Zelenskyy the US would give Ukraine a licence to produce Patriot interceptor missiles, but questions remain over timing, production capacity and where manufacturing could take place. The pledge comes as Ukraine faces a severe shortage of interceptors amid intensified Russian ballistic missile attacks.
Trump used the NATO summit in Ankara to renew his push for US control of Greenland, threaten Spain on trade and warn that American troops could leave Europe. European officials rejected his Greenland demand and sought to highlight new defence spending plans.
Oil prices rose more than 6% and stock futures fell after President Trump said the Iran ceasefire was “over” following tanker attacks near the Strait of Hormuz and U.S. strikes. The Treasury also revoked a waiver that had allowed Iranian oil sales.
The United States and Iran exchanged strikes around the Strait of Hormuz after Washington accused Tehran of attacking three commercial vessels. Both sides say the other violated a June memorandum meant to guide ceasefire talks and reopen the waterway.
President Trump said at the NATO summit in Ankara that he believes the ceasefire with Iran is over after new U.S. and Iranian attacks. The summit also exposed tensions over NATO defense spending, Greenland, Turkey and Ukraine.
The World Cup quarterfinal lineup is complete, with France, Morocco, Norway, England, Spain, Belgium, Argentina and Switzerland advancing. Egypt has filed a FIFA complaint over its loss to Argentina, while lawmakers seek scrutiny of FIFA’s decision to lift Folarin Balogun’s suspension.
Pakistani authorities are searching the Arabian Sea after a K2 Airways Boeing 737 cargo plane vanished off Karachi with five crew members aboard. The aircraft had reported a navigation fault before a steep descent, and no wreckage or survivors have been found so far.