Day 89: Is the UK ready for a ‘Trump-fest’?

Day 89: Is the UK ready for a ‘Trump-fest’?

Day 89: Is the UK ready for a 'Trump-fest'? | US News | Sky News PodcastPodcastFriday 18 April 2025 05:08, UKSpreaker This content is provided by Spreaker, which may be using cookies and other technologies. To show you this content, we need your permission to use cookies. You can use the buttons below to amend your preferences to enable Spreaker cookies or to allow those cookies just once. You can change your settings at any time via thePrivacy Options. Unfortunately […]

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Why Britain is banking on a ‘Trump-fest’

It was perhaps not quite how officials, in London at least, had envisaged the announcement of the state visit would be made.In the Oval Office, Donald Trump revealed the news in his own way."I was invited by the King and the great country. They are going to do a second fest - that's what it is. It is beautiful," he said during an impromptu Oval Office moment.The question was, did this "fest" - which Mr Trump suggested could happen in […]

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‘Sipping margaritas in paradise’: El Salvador president mocks picture of man at heart of deportation row

A US senator has met with a man Donald Trump's administration wrongly deported to El Salvador.The Democratic senator for Maryland, Chris Van Hollen, posted photos of his meeting with Kilmar Abrego Garcia, whose attorneys are fighting to force Mr Trump's administration to facilitate his return to the US.He said: "I said my main goal of this trip was to meet with Kilmar. Tonight I had that chance."I have called his wife, Jennifer, to pass along his message of love. I […]

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‘Horrifying’: Man hijacks plane and stabs passengers before being shot dead

A man hijacked a small plane in the Central American nation of Belize and stabbed two passengers and a pilot before being shot and killed by one of the stabbed passengers, officials have said.The Tropic Air plane was travelling from Corozal to the popular tourist destination of San Pedro with 14 passengers and two crew members on board when it was hijacked.The Cessna Caravan circled in random directions for nearly two hours and was followed by a police helicopter before […]

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Alex Garland on the anti-war message of his new film

Alex Garland says while it's "the most obvious statement about life on this planet" that the world would be a better place without war, it "doesn't mean it should never happen", and there are "circumstances in which war is required".The Oscar-nominated screenwriter and director told Sky News: "I don't think it is possible to make a statement about what war is really like without it being implicitly anti-war, in as much as it would be better if this thing did […]

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Trump teases date for ‘even more important’ second UK state visit

Donald Trump has said his second state visit to the UK could take place in September.Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer handed over an invitation from the King when he visited Washington in February.Buckingham Palace previously only said the visit would happen "when diaries allow", but Mr Trump told reporters on Thursday: "I think they are setting a date for September.""I don't know how it can be bigger than the last one," he said."The last one was incredible, but they say […]

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Two arrested on suspicion of murder after woman’s disappearance

Police investigating the disappearance of a woman in South Wales have arrested two people on suspicion of murder.Paria Veisi, 37, was last seen around 3pm on Saturday 12 April when she left her workplace in the Canton area of Cardiff.She was driving her car, a black Mercedes GLC 200, which was later found on Dorchester Avenue in the Penylan area on the evening of Tuesday 15 April.South Wales Police said it was now treating her disappearance as a murder investigation.A […]

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UB40 say striking bin workers ‘shouldn’t give up’

Birmingham band UB40 say the city's striking bin workers and their union should "keep fighting" in their dispute over pay.It comes as the government and the council urged them to accept a "fair and reasonable offer"."We're fully on their side," drummer Jimmy Brown told Sky News. "I think they shouldn't give up, they should still be fighting."Working people shouldn't have to take a reduction in their incomes, which is what we're talking about here."We're talking about people being paid less […]

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Zelenskyy hits out at US envoy as he says minerals deal getting closer

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has accused US envoy Steve Witkoff of "spreading Russian narratives" about the Ukraine war - as he said a much-anticipated minerals deal was moving closer.His comments came as Mr Witkoff was in Paris for talks with Ukrainian and European officials.The diplomat met Vladimir Putin last week and later told Fox News he had held "compelling" discussions with the Russian leader."This peace deal is about these so-called five territories, but there's so much more to it," he […]

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