Shorouk Express On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly international news dispatch An exasperated Donald Trump was visibly angry with both Israel and Iran on Tuesday after both sides violated a US-brokered truce minutes after it came into effect,…
Shorouk Express “When we focus our attention on tariffs between partners, it diverts our energy from the real challenge — one that threatens us all,” von der Leyen said in a pointed comment aimed squarely at Trump, who sat near her at the G7 roundtable. “On this point, Donald is right — there is a…
Shorouk Express Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email Donald Trump cast a long shadow over Canada’s national election — and many Canadian voters noticed. In his first 100 days back in the…
Shorouk Express Donald Trump claimed America is “taking in billions and billions of dollars” as a result of global trade tariffs. The US president said nothing he heard during a White House meeting with Italy’s prime minister Giorgia Meloni on Thursday (17 April), changed his mind about his controversial tariffs. Trump said: “The tariffs are…
Shorouk Express Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email Donald Trump has formally signed off Keir Starmer’s controversial Chagos islands deal, No 10 has said. The agreement is now being “finalised” between the…
Shorouk Express Storm ahead There is still time for Starmer to become either of them. He left the White House under dark clouds — literally — and unanswered questions. Aides later clarified that despite Trump speaking of a trade deal, they were not prioritizing a full-fat free-trade agreement, long coveted in London after Brexit. Starmer,…
Shorouk Express Trump’s month back in the White House has been marked by soaring friction between Washington and its European allies, with the United States abruptly shifting gears on support for Ukraine and Germany’s likely next leader urging Europe to seek take greater control of its own defense. “Look, let’s be honest, the European Union…
Shorouk Express “This is something that Donald Trump can say to his right wing, to the Republican Ukraine skeptics, that he has secured. And I think it holds the prospect of progress.” Johnson said the current draft of the proposal now commits the United States to a free, sovereign and secure Ukraine. In a brief…
Key resources for environmental data and public health have already been taken down from federal websites, and more could soon vanish as the Trump administration works to scrap anything that has to do with climate change, racial equity, or gender identity. Warnings floated on social media Friday about an impending purge at the Centers for…
Shorouk Express Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch has claimed Donald Trump will be a “force for good in the world” just days after the business secretary warned…
