The prime minister has vowed not to choose between allies of the UK in a speech on foreign policy. Attacking the Conservatives for having "turned their back on the world", Sir Keir Starmer said his government would instead strengthen ties with both the US and the EU.

The UK doesn’t need to trade off its special relationship with the US against its European alliances, Prime Minister Keir Starmer said, despite concern that President-elect Donald Trump’s plans to to ramp-up tariffs will drive a wedge between the allies.

The Prime Minister’s speech came as Donald Trump announced Warren Stephens as his pick for the USA’s next ambassador to the United Kingdom.

An Army general who oversaw the US withdrawal from Afghanistan was promoted to a four-star officer after a Republican senator dropped a hold on his nomination, according to a Senate aide. A Hawaii woman who vanished after landing in Los Angeles three weeks ago disappeared voluntarily as she sought to “step away from modern connectivity” and was last seen crossing into Mexico with her luggage,