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Government stresses deal was previously welcomed by US as Starmer’s chief secretary insists diplomacy with Trump is workingJack Straw, a former Labour foreign secretary, has praised Keir Starmer for the way he is handling Donald Trump. While some opposition parties want Starmer to be more confrontational, Straw told Times Radio that would be a mistake. He said:The best approach [to handling Trump] that I know of is the one that’s being adopted by our prime minister, Keir Starmer. It’s very hard. It’s very frustrating. I’m sure there have been occasions where Sir Keir has said things to himself in the shaving mirror about Mr Trump that he would not wish to be repeated. But he is an example of how to handle Donald Trump. It is infinitely better than challenging Trump’s ego, to which there is no limit, trying to work around him.And up to now, the Starmer approach to Trump has succeeded, not least in the fact that, until this latest outburst on Greenland, we did have a much better deal on tariffs than, say, the European Union has had.The treaty has been signed with the Mauritian government. So I can’t reverse the clock on that. The treaty has been signed. Parliament has a kind of enabling function on treaties. It’s not like a traditional piece of legislation. So it can’t unwind the treaty having been signed. Continue reading...

Après la mort d'Irène de Grèce, décédée à 83 ans ce 15 janvier, sa sœur, la reine Sofia ainsi que sa belle-fille Letizia d'Espagne et le reste du clan se sont retrouvés aux obsèques, ce 19 janvier. Une cérémonie bouleversante qui s'est déroulée en la cathédrale métropolitaine d'Athènes...

Des lots de laits infantiles Guigoz et Nidal ont été retirés du marché par précaution début janvier. Plusieurs familles ont alerté les autorités sanitaires après l'apparition de troubles digestifs chez leurs nourrissons.

US treasury secretary says at WEF in Davos that countries and companies should pause and ‘let things play out’Business live – latest updatesThe US treasury secretary, Scott Bessent, has urged European countries not to retaliate against the US’s trade tariffs announced over the Greenland crisis.Speaking in Davos during the World Economic Forum, Bessent said countries and companies should pause and “let things play out” after Donald Trump threatened a 25% tariff on a slew of European countries in his pursuit of the autonomous Danish territory. Continue reading...