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NEWS ANALYSIS: During the Brexit negotiations after the referendum, the notion that Britain could have a trade deal with the US or India while still having favourable access to the EU was sneered at as impossible. But in a single month Sir Keir Starmer has achieved it, explains The Independent’s…

US President Donald Trump teased the announcement of a trade deal with ‘highly respected country’ on social media on Wednesday evening.

Thousands were expected to line the streets of central London on Monday.

Sir Keir Starmer and Donald Trump are key players during a period of instability that could shape the future of security alliances.

Lord Mandelson, the UK’s ambassador in Washington, suggested Ukraine should commit to a ceasefire and ‘defy the Russians to follow’.

Downing Street said it was right for the new US administration to look at the agreement, which was agreed under Donald Trump’s predecessor Joe Biden.

Donald Trump has made it clear that the US and UK are gearing up for a big trade deal, and he says it’s happening fast.

Friday’s papers have a largely, if not unanimously, warm response to the Prime Minister’s trip to the White House.

Faced with criticisms of the UK’s handling of free speech and trade, Starmer offered mild but indirect pushback.

The Prime Minister appeared to have already got the president onside on one of the hot-button issues, with an indication he will back the Chagos deal.

Sir Keir Starmer encouraged the president to open the letter in front of the world’s media in the Oval Office on Thursday.