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Comments come after Oval Office meeting with Nato’s Mark Rutte signalled a shift in tone on conflictFrench foreign minister Jean-Noël Barrot told reporters that he hoped the new language from the US and more sanctions from the EU will force Russian president Vladimir Putin “to face the facts: he has gone too far and he is now at an impasse.”He said he was hoping for more alignment between the US and the EU on sanctions, as he met with American senators last week in Rome to discuss their proposed bipartisan bill on Russia.“So we have some progress. We have some

US president praises PM and says world leaders who flatter him are ‘just trying to be nice’Rachel Reeves, the chancellor, is announcing plans to cut red tape for the City, which she claims will have trickle-down benefits for households across Britain. Here is our overnight story on this from Kalyeena Makortoff and Heather Stewart.And Graeme Wearden has the latest on the announcement, which is being made now, on his business live blog. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2025/jul/15/starmer-reeves-farage-trump-tax-welfare-uk-politics-live-news-updates Author : Andrew Sparrow Publish date : 2025-07-15 09:39:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Port of Antwerp-Bruges figures show 15.9% drop in export of cars, vans, trucks and tractors to USThe Port of Antwerp-Bruges has been turned into a giant car park with thousands of cars, vans, trucks and tractors bound for the US sitting idle as manufacturers try to avert the worst of Donald Trump’s tariffs.Figures released by the port show a 15.9% drop in the transport of new passenger cars and vans to the US in the first six months of 2025 compared with the same period last year, with a sharp decline emerging in May – one month after the US