In the Trump Era, King Charles Has a New and Very Delicate Role to Play

In the Trump Era, King Charles Has a New and Very Delicate Role to Play

King Charles III flew by helicopter to the H.M.S. Prince of Wales in the English Channel on Tuesday, where he mingled with sailors and watched as fighter jets took off from the deck of the ship, a Royal Navy aircraft carrier. It might have been a welcome getaway from his suddenly complicated social life. In … Read more

Ukraine Races to Salvage U.S. Alliance After Trump Halts Aid

Ukraine Races to Salvage U.S. Alliance After Trump Halts Aid

A day after President Trump ordered the suspension of American military assistance, Ukrainian diplomats and politicians scrambled on Tuesday to find a way to salvage their alliance with Washington while the war weary nation prepared for the possibility that it will have to fight on without U.S. support. With the White House and the Kremlin … Read more

Europe Races to Repair a Split Between the U.S. and Ukraine

Europe Races to Repair a Split Between the U.S. and Ukraine

European leaders scrambled on Sunday to salvage Ukraine’s relationship with the United States, after a bitter rupture last week between President Volodymyr Zelensky and President Trump. They pledged to assemble a European “coalition of the willing” to develop a plan for ending Ukraine’s war with Russia, which they hope could win the backing of a … Read more

Keir Starmer: Pledge of two million extra NHS appointments met

Keir Starmer: Pledge of two million extra NHS appointments met

PA Media The government has met a key election pledge to deliver two million extra NHS appointments in England in its first year, the prime minister has said. The target was achieved between July and November last year, when there were almost 2.2 million more elective care appointments compared to the same period in 2023, … Read more

NHS ‘broken’ by past government, Keir Starmer tells BBC

NHS ‘broken’ by past government, Keir Starmer tells BBC

The NHS in England has been “broken” by successive Conservative-led governments – and the state it is now in is “unforgiveable”, Sir Keir Starmer has told the BBC. In his first major interview in Downing Street, the prime minister said a review of the health service to be published on Thursday finds changes to the … Read more