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UK rolls out royal pageantry to woo Trump as protests and politics loom

Britain treated Donald Trump to an elaborate ceremonial welcome featuring a gun salute and mounted horses as the US president's unprecedented second state visit began under tight security on Wednesday.

Radio France Internationale · Sep 17, 2025

Big Tech Google, Microsoft Pledges Billions of Investment To The UK: Supercomputer In The Works - Here's What It Could Do

Microsoft and Google are investing billions in UK AI and cloud projects, including a national supercomputer, with potential to boost jobs, skills and growth.

International Business Times UK · Sep 17, 2025

Keir Starmer is betting everything on an America that doesn’t exist any more

Cosying up to Trump is an all-in gamble. Britain should be building better relations with more reliable allies closer to home, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

The Guardian - UK · Sep 17, 2025

Trump state visit: US president lands in UK with ray of hope for beleaguered Keir Starmer

Leaders begin historic second state visit with multibillion-dollar ‘tech prosperity deal’

The Independent UK · Sep 16, 2025

UK and US strike tech deal as Trump arrives for state visit

The ‘tech prosperity deal’ will see the UK and US co-operate in areas including artificial intelligence, quantum computing and nuclear power.

Evening Standard · Sep 16, 2025

Republican gala dinner in Windsor disrupted by climate protesters ahead of Trump’s UK visit

Activists dragged from Windsor Guildhall ahead of US president’s visit to Britain

The Independent UK · Sep 16, 2025

The Guardian view on the UN’s genocide finding: Britain – and the world – can no longer look away

Editorial: A UN commission has found Israel’s war in Gaza ranks among history’s greatest crimes. The UK government must stop hiding behind legal fictions and recognise the reality

The Guardian - UK · Sep 16, 2025

McLaughlin-Levrone throws down gauntlet to Kipyegon in race to be greatest

Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone ran one of the fastest times in history to qualify for the women’s 400m final, while Faith Kipyegon underlined her status by speeding to a historic fourth 1500m

The Guardian - UK · Sep 16, 2025

Racist and intolerant – is this the Britain we want to become?

Letters: Readers respond to Jonathan Liew’s article about the effects of the toxic debate on immigration and the rise of the far right

The Guardian - UK · Sep 16, 2025

OPINION - What Owen Cooper’s Emmy says about what we stand to lose

On Sunday, a 15-year-old from Manchester made TV history. Owen Cooper became the youngest male actor ever to win an Emmy, for his performance in Adolescence. In his acceptance speech he thanked The Drama Mob, the local drama school where he started out just a few years ago.

Evening Standard · Sep 16, 2025