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The Prime Minister and Friedrich Merz signed the deal – to be known as the Kensington Treaty – at the V&A Museum on London.

Britain and Germany signed a wide-ranging friendship treaty, marking German chancellor Friedrich Merz's first visit to London and aiming to deepen bilateral ties. The treaty builds on recent efforts to reset UK-EU relations, following French president Emmanuel Macron's visit, and signals increased cooperation among Europe's leading powers. Key areas of…

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Watch live as Sir Keir Starmer meets with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz at Downing Street on Thursday (17 July).

Trump casts European purchases of US weapons for Ukraine as a victory as UN warns civilians being killed at record rate.

The chancellor’s first London visit is an opportunity for a modernising reset – on business, defence and even school trips, says author John Kampfner

People crammed into inflatable dinghies were handed life jackets by French authorities as they left from Gravelines to make the dangerous journey across the English Channel

It comes a week after the prime minister signed a ‘one in, one out’ migrant deal with France’s Emmanuel Macron

UK PM and German chancellor answered media questions after signing first treaty between two countries since second world war

Alexus Grynkewich says Russia will remain a threat even if a peaceful solution to war in Ukraine can be found

U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz are signing a treaty Thursday to strengthen defense ties and combat migrant smuggling across the English Channel