January 22, 2026

Sir Keir Starmer has said he “will not yield” to pressure from Donald Trump over the future of Greenland, after the US president attacked the UK’s Chagos Islands deal, BBC reports.   Speaking at Prime Minister’s Questions, Sir Keir said the US president had criticised the Chagos deal after previously saying he supported it “for…

European resistance to U.S. President Donald Trump’s attempt to purchase Greenland and his proposed “Board of Peace” initiative has derailed efforts to finalize an economic aid package for postwar Ukraine, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday.  A planned announcement of an $800 billion prosperity plan to be agreed between Ukraine, Europe and the U.S. at…