Trump has power to block Starmer’s Chagos deal, No 10 admits - Legislation on controversial deal will not now be debated in Lords on Monday amid warnings it could breach international treaty

The Labour party was thrown into a civil war on Sunday after a group of Keir Starmer’s closest allies on the ruling committee blocked Andy Burnham from standing in the forthcoming by-election in the North West.

Jan 24 (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Keir Starmer ​spoke with U.S. ‌President Donald Trump by telephone ‌on Saturday, with the leaders discussing the need for bolstered security in ⁠the ‌Arctic, 10 Downing Street said in a ‍statement. Starmer referred to the subject as an absolute priority ​for his government, ‌the statement said.

There is a key U.S. military base on Diego Garcia, one of the Chagos Islands, in the Indian Ocean.

President Trump said that NATO soldiers stayed “a little off the front lines” during the conflict. In Britain, which lost 457 soldiers in the war, the response was swift.

A GB News star skewered Prime Minister Keir Starmer for "being a disgrace" in a furious rant. GB News presenter Nicholas Dunning asked Norwegian journalist Rebecca Mistereggen, who was a guest star on the show: "How has Britain now viewed how far have we fallen in the eyes of other countries?

Starmer says Trump's apparent change of heart on the UK's Chagos Islands deal is an attempt to pressure him on Greenland, which Trump wants to take over.

Chandra, who had also interviewed for the top diplomatic spot in Washington, will be based in Britain, travelling back and forth to the US