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Pippa Crerar in New York and Kiran Stacey in London

Trump praises Burnham despite tensions over AI, Chagos Islands and Iran

Donald Trump and Andy Burnham shake hands while seated at a UN meeting
Andy Burnham and Donald Trump held their first face-to-face meeting in New York. Photograph: Toby Melville/AFP/Getty Images

Donald Trump has asserted his relationship with the UK is “more up” with Andy Burnham than under Keir Starmer despite tensions between the two countries on a range of thorny issues including regulation of artificial intelligence, the Chagos Islands and the war in Iran.

At their first face-to-face meeting, the US president praised Burnham, who sat nervously alongside him, as a “natural businessperson”, saying he thought he had “lots of assets on his side” and would be a “great” prime minister.

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