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

Sir Keir Starmer has been grilled by a Labour MP over whether the government will impose sanctions on Israel to “stop the genocide”.

The former boss of MI6 has said that Vladimir Putin has played Donald Trump “like a violin” in the past but now the US president is his “only answer.”

Donald Trump has said that he “would be the first to know” if a big decision such as the Ukraine weapons pause was authorised by the government, despite earlier saying he did not know who ordered it.

Donald Trump said he “doesn’t know” who ordered the pause on weapons shipments to Ukraine last week.

Donald Trump has called out Vladimir Putin’s “bulls***” whilst discussing the ongoing Russian war and Ukrainian peace talks.

Donald Trump branded a question about Jeffrey Epstein a “desecration” amid rising criticism after the Department of Justice stated that there was no “client list”.

Donald Trump has warned that Vladimir Putin is “not looking to stop” the war with Ukraine following a “disappointing” phone call between the Russian and American leaders.

Russia launched a major attack on Ukraine’s fuel supply facilities on Monday (30 June).

Volodymyr Zelensky has warned that Russia is “not looking for a way out of the war” and instead preparing to launch a new operation in Europe.

Russia has launched its biggest air attack on Ukraine since the war first began in 2022, with Vladimir Putin’s forces launching over 500 drones across several cities.

Vladimir Putin has warned Germany against supplying Ukraine with missiles, stating that it would do “serious damage” to the two nations’ relationship.

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni was caught rolling her eyes after French President Emmanuel Macron whispered something to her as they sat at the G7 summit roundtable.