Prime Minister Keir Starmer will meet India’s Narendra Modi in Mumbai next week to drive forward their tech and security partnership, multiple people familiar with the planning told POLITICO. www.politico.eu/article/keir...

Brits want Nigel Farage to step away from the Brexit shredder Polling commissioned by POLITICO shows wide public support for Labour’s EU reset. www.politico.eu/article/uk-w...

Car trade in reverse as Germany’s deficit with China jumps 143% – SCMP: ‘Europe is buying Chinese hybrid vehicles by the shipload – imports are up more than 400 per cent this year – while Germany’s car exports to China have slumped’

FCAS latest — France is now also floating a plan B in case talks with Germany fail on the next generation fighter jet: Build the warplane alone www.politico.eu/article/fran...

Talks are intensifying about a so-called drone wall to protect Europe's eastern borders from the Kremlin after a series of airspace violations by Russian warplanes and unmanned aerial vehicles.

The British government is considering funding a new wave of loans to Ukraine with billions of pounds of Russian state assets frozen in the U.K. www.politico.eu/article/russ...

Any journalist quoting this absurd, invented £234 billion number cited by Farage/Reform should make absolutely clear that it has been withdrawn by *its own authors* (the Centre for Policy Studies) after they admitted it contained several major errors (1/3)

The Pentagon is implementing new guidelines that will require journalists to sign a pledge and agree to report only approved and officially released information.

Hopes the visit would provide a breakthrough on efforts by UK negotiators to axe the 25% tariffs facing Britain’s beleaguered steel and aluminum industry were dashed even before Trump landed. www.politico.eu/article/keir...

Headlines on the Bloomberg Terminal from Air Force One: *TRUMP: TV LICENSES SHOULD BE TAKEN AWAY IF BAD PUBLICITY FOR ME *TRUMP: IF TV SHOWS 'HIT TRUMP' SHOULD BE DISCUSSED ON LICENSES *TRUMP ON TV SHOWS CRITICIZING HIM: THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED TO

A Chinese company is preparing to sail a cargo ship along Russia's northern coast to Europe — a test run made possible by melting ice and accelerating climate change, and one that has implications for both international trade and the environment. www.politico.eu/article/chin...

Britain to pay Palantir £750m in defence contract as Trump visits www.thetimes.com/uk/defence/a...

Trump wants to ‘help’ Britain get a better trade deal but hopes of steel relief fade www.politico.eu/article/trum...

What Britain needs from Donald Trump Keir Starmer will be keen to shout about tech and nuclear deals during Donald Trump’s U.K. state visit — but Ukraine, steel and other issues remain thorny www.politico.eu/article/brit...

US Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau expressed regret on Sunday over the recent detention of hundreds of South Korean workers in Georgia and said those who returned home will face no disadvantage when re-entering the US

Trump’s state visit must be more than ceremonious Only a US-UK bargain, forged during this trip, can safeguard Western leadership through tomorrow, writes Parliament's Business and Trade Committee Chair @liambyrnemp.bsky.social for POLITICO. www.politico.eu/article/dona...

Here comes the money: UK lands Trump tech deals Britain’s quest for AI sovereignty is made in the USA. www.politico.eu/article/uk-m...

I was expecting the Reichstag Fire parallel to be made, but I did not expect it to come from the right.

British officials are hoping for a breakthrough on steel tariffs as Donald Trump prepares to travel to the U.K. for a historic second state visit next week. www.politico.eu/article/uk-d...

Peter Mandelson sacked as British ambassador to US over Epstein friendship www.politico.eu/article/pete...

Full story here www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Exc - The publisher of the Washington Post, Will Lewis, is facing fresh questions over his independence after leaked files revealed he gave extensive crisis support to Boris Johnson as a secret political adviser. Lewis spent two days with Johnson in No10 as part of a team battling to save him.

Britain’s ambassador to the United States said he felt profound regret and embarrassment for his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein, after a birthday note he wrote for the disgraced financier in 2003 calling him “my best pal” was published by US lawmakers.

Keir Starmer is headed to India in early October, where he's expected to speak alongside Narendra Modi at the at the Global Fintech Fest (GFF) 2025 in Mumbai. pro.politico.eu/news/204380

A draft of the newest U.S. National Defense Strategy, which landed on Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s desk last week, places domestic and regional missions above countering adversaries such as Beijing and Moscow. www.politico.com/news/2025/09...

Wow Trump has asked the EU to impose tariffs of up to 100% on India and China as part of a joint effort to increase pressure on Russia to end its war in Ukraine on.ft.com/4pdUlWO

🚨 BREAKING: Poland's military said it scrambled fighter aircraft and shot down Russian drones early today after they crossed into the country's airspace from Ukraine. Full story: www.politico.eu/article/pola...

Eight decades after the Second World War ended, China no longer views itself as a mere participant in history but as the architect of a new world order.

“We are witnessing the erosion of the international rules-based order,” several drafts of the EU's annual Strategic Foresight Report, seen by POLITICO, say. “A return to the previous status quo seems increasingly unlikely” www.politico.eu/article/euro...

US could be forced to refund ‘about half’ of tariffs if SCOTUS rules against Trump, Bessent says www.politico.com/news/2025/09...

Britain’s EU meat and cheese ban is ‘toothless,’ MPs warn A new report warns that “alarming amounts” of meat and dairy products are still being illegally imported into the country. Via @sophie-inge.bsky.social www.politico.eu/article/ille...

The U.K.'s new trade chief Peter Kyle is in Washington today. His first order of business? Meetings with White House advisers to hammer out a UK-US tech pact. pro.politico.eu/news/204234

"Most new migrants seem to pay as much in tax as the average worker, if not more. Yet that does not help public services if governments do not reinvest that money to accommodate the growing population." Good summary from @tomcalver.bsky.social www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...

Public banned from Commons chamber after hidden phone found www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

UK’s Starmer forced into sweeping reshuffle as deputy quits Rejig of prime minister’s team comes just days after a relaunch of his struggling administration. www.politico.eu/article/uk-k...

Trump announces plans to host 2026 G20 summit at his Doral resort www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-g...

UK investment minister quits just weeks before major summit It’s the second exit from Starmer’s embattled government in a single day. www.politico.eu/article/uk-i...

Lutnick: "The Japanese in order to buy down their tariff rate, they have given President Trump $550 billion for President Trump to direct where and how he wants it invested in America ... It is just the most fun working for Donald Trump. I mean, this deal is off the rails."

David Lammy will venture beyond the M25 for a “domestic roadshow” to drum up exports this autumn. www.politico.eu/newsletter/l...

Chinese Ecommerce Giants Rush to Europe as Trump Upends Trade Companies such as JD.com are taking up space in Europe's warehouses due to Trump's tariffs reshaping manufacturers' supply chains and markets." www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

🚨🚨‘Wasted time, effort and money’: Britain’s £800M Brexit border debacle". If anyone forgot about it, this is a reminder of the still disastrous effects of #brexit that still brings misery and pain to Britain. 🧵 www.politico.eu/article/brex...

Trump's 'Pocket Rescission' includes cuts to US contributions to international organisations - including "$29 million to the toothless World Trade Organization (WTO), which has for decades aided and abetted global trade cheating by the Chinese Communist party." www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-st...

By a 7-4 vote, the full Federal Circuit has *affirmed* a lower-court ruling holding that many of President Trump’s tariffs exceed his statutory authority. The ruling won’t go into effect until October 14, though—which gives the Trump administration plenty of time to seek intervention from #SCOTUS:

Update! Estonia joins Finland and Poland in exploring defensive bog restoration, the environment and defense ministries just told me. Talks still at an early stage, as in the other two countries. More here: www.politico.eu/article/esto...

The trade deal between the European Union and the United States will “have to be reviewed” if the U.S. is serious about its demands for the EU to deregulate its tech sector, the EU industry chief Stéphane Séjourné said on Wednesday. www.politico.eu/article/step...

Trump tariffs are reshaping old alliances as the global south plots its own path www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

@pimlicat.bsky.social: "The EU should move quickly to finalise an alignment deal with this Government to deliver for consumers, [and] to prove Farage wrong yet again in his Euroscepticism.” https://inews.co.uk/news/politics/brexit-deal-down-fruit-veg-prices-18-months-3880953?ico=most_popular

Reform and Labour are lining up to make deals with the Taliban that would see Afghan escapees fleeing oppression returned to the Islamic fundamentalists. London Playbook has more 👇