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Sir Keir Starmer is in the Middle East, where he has held talks with Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, Bahrain’s prime minister |
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Josh White |
It was a stark admission, really.
Sir Keir Starmer has been trying desperately – or failing awfully, depending on where you sit – to grasp the fraying threads of the special relationship.
The Prime Minister has mostly attempted to ignore Donald Trump’s humiliating barbs about his statesmanship, the attacks on Nato and the digs at the Royal Navy’s “toy” ships. All the while, he has held fast to his friendship with Washington, even as the crisis in Iran brings disaster back home.
However, last night he sounded a bit like a man who has had enough.
Speaking to ITV, the Prime Minister revealed he was “fed up” with Donald Trump, even comparing the US president’s imperial gallivanting to Vladimir Putin.
In a surprising moment, Sir Keir seemed to admit he was exasperated by the war’s impact on British families. He seemed angry that hard-working people “see their bills go up and down” because of the US and Russia.
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Filipino activists burn a poster of Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu during a protest against the war near Manila’s US embassy |
In another revealing disclosure, he said Britain did not have “access to all the details of the ceasefire” between the Americans and Iran.
He had a long and difficult day yesterday in the United Arab Emirates, in frantic talks aimed at preventing further escalation in the region.
As those talks keep reminding him of just how far apart Britain and the US now appear to be, Sir Keir may have actually revealed something else: he doesn’t know what to do next.
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Go deeper with our Iran coverage:
Trump started a war Gulf states didn’t want. How he’s ending it has worried them more ➤
Trump: Nato allies have days to send warships to reopen Hormuz ➤
Can the world bypass the Strait of Hormuz? ➤
Trump accuses ‘dishonourable’ Iran of ceasefire breach – follow live ➤
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The Royal Navy shadows a Russian tanker on March 31 |
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Tony Diver Political Editor |
Britain is slowly waking up to the fact that although the war in Ukraine is happening on the other side of the continent, Vladimir Putin’s influence is never far away.
On Wednesday, The Telegraph revealed that a shadow fleet tanker had been escorted through the English Channel by a Russian warship.
We can now disclose that the Royal Navy has not seized a single one of Putin’s ships because of concerns about international law in Whitehall. Lord Hermer, the Attorney General, has given legal advice that while the Navy can board the ships, the legal bar for intervening is very high.
Officials have been told they must produce a legal case for seizing a tanker with evidence that it has evaded Western sanctions. So far, none has met the bar.
Meanwhile, the Defence Secretary has revealed that Britain has recently tracked a Russian spy submarine operation in the North Sea, above sensitive data cables carrying much of the world’s internet traffic.
Amid questions about the readiness of the Royal Navy and alarm over delays to Labour’s defence investment plan, the issue could not be more politically acute.
Sir Keir Starmer is fond of saying that his first duty is to keep Britain safe – but Putin’s Black Fleet has other ideas.
Navy barred from boarding Russian ships ➤
How Putin’s hydronauts tried to hijack Britain’s undersea cables ➤
Russia ran secret submarine operation in British waters ➤ |
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Tom Sharpe Iran’s demand for ships to pay to pass runs counter to the longstanding principle of freedom of navigation Continue reading ➤
Tom Harris Putin will be laughing at Labour’s hollow words of defiance Continue reading ➤
Michael Mosbacher For the good of Britain, let’s save Gentleman’s Relish Continue reading ➤ |
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It was a fascinating day in the first round of the Masters, with Rory McIlroy shooting a five-under 67 to share the lead. To be frank, he sprayed it off the tee all over Augusta National, but freed up from the pressure after finally winning this major last year, McIlroy was coolness personified as he got the very best from his round. But Justin Rose, England's gallant runner-up in 2025, is on his tail once again, after a 70 in the more difficult conditions of the afternoon. As is the world No 1 Scottie Scheffler on the same score. Continue reading ➤ |
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The hunt for Bitcoin’s elusive inventor has become a quest akin to finding Atlantis or Bigfoot |
The identity of Satoshi Nakamoto, the secretive inventor of Bitcoin, has fascinated me and many others for years, writes James Titcomb, our Technology Editor. This week, The New York Times claimed to have unmasked British computer scientist Adam Back as the cryptocurrency’s creator. Back spoke to me from his home in Malta this week. As to whether he is Satoshi, you can make up your own mind.
This exclusive interview is available to subscribers only. Continue reading ➤ |
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Dementia is one of the most worrying and invasive diseases of our time, and cases are steadily rising. However, there is good news: we have made amazing advances in treating it with new targeted drug therapies and in staving it off with the right lifestyle choices. Here is why there is reason to be hopeful. Continue reading ➤ |
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Zena Stoll went to the High Court in Guyana to get her land back |
David Lammy has been accused of turning his back on a sustainable farming project he championed in Guyana after it collapsed amid allegations of unpaid bills. The Deputy Prime Minister claimed the venture in Guyana, where both his parents were born, would make the country “the breadbasket of the Caribbean”. However, when the 91-year-old owner of the land turned to him for help in a dispute with a British businessman he “ran as far as he could”, it is claimed. Continue reading ➤ |
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Ellie Kildunne has become one of the most recognisable faces in women’s rugby |
Ellie Kildunne was undoubtedly the breakout star of last year’s women’s Rugby World Cup. Her sensational try in the final against Canada sent England on their way to glory, while her “Cowboy” celebrations captured the spirit of the Red Roses. However, a new book she has written reveals a darker past, including “crippling body dysmorphia” and struggles with ADHD. Tom Cary spoke to her for Telegraph Women’s Sport. Continue reading ➤ |
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The final field for the 2026 Grand National is confirmed, so the time has come for families and work colleagues across the country to organise their annual sweepstakes. Simply click on the link, download and print. Then cut out the horses, put them in a hat, bag or whatever you have to hand, and pick away... Continue reading ➤ Here is another helpful article for you this morning:
- Liz Hoggard’s back pain was so severe that she could barely walk. She booked in with David Beckham’s osteopath, and everything changed. Here’s what she learned.
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Elizabeth II’s Norman Hartnell evening gowns in Buckingham Palace |
Exhibition Queen Elizabeth II: Her Life in Style ★★★★☆ In 1956, two stars were photographed colliding: Marilyn Monroe, the Queen of Hollywood, met Elizabeth II, the Queen of Britain. Then, the woman the world remembers as a headscarfed great-grandmother out-bombshelled the bombshell. The picture and gown appear in Buckingham Palace’s monumental new exhibition. This is the largest display of the late monarch’s wardrobe ever staged, coinciding with the centenary of her birth: 300 items from her 10-decade archive, almost half of which have never been displayed before.
Read Hannah Betts’s full review ➤ Television Twenty Twenty Six ★★★★☆ The mockumentary Twenty Twelve and its follow-up W1A satirised corporate buffoonery by having characters tie themselves in knots with their own gobbledegook. Both centred on the travails of Ian Fletcher (Hugh Bonneville) a management lifer who found himself trying to run things at the London Olympics and then the BBC. This time, Ian has been recruited by Fifa to lead its “oversight” team in Miami for the World Cup and creator John Morton has taken his disdain for corporate stagecraft and redoubled it.
Read Benji Wilson’s full review ➤ Film Outcome ★★☆☆☆ Jonah Hill’s pungent showbusiness satire about a beloved movie star (Keanu Reeves) bracing for a potentially career-threatening scandal to break offers a timely skewering of cancel culture in all its hypocrisy and mindlessness. Had it been a bit better, and, ideally, a lot funnier, it might have been one of the year’s most valuable films. As it is, it has a weird vibe, with a lumpy, repetitive structure and a bizarre colour palette that resembles an exploding Tango Ice Blast machine.
Read Robbie Collin’s full review ➤
Theatre
The Authenticator
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With a classic drama (Summerfolk) and a modern classic (Les Liaisons Dangereuses) recently opened on the National’s two biggest stages, it was high time for new writing to get a look-in on the South Bank. Unfortunately, Winsome Pinnock offers a silly play about a serious subject, as the long shadow of slavery is cast upon a modern-day country house. We are in the territory of reparatory history, and the result is a muddle.
Read Fiona Mountford’s full review ➤ |
Paper trailsEvery weekday, Orlando Bird, our loyal reader correspondent, shares an off-piste topic that has brought out the best of your opinions and stories. Orlando writes...
I am not, I hope, one of those hoarders who ends up on Channel 5, but I do have an undeniable knack for accumulating paper. Any colleague who sits within 15 metres of my desk could tell you that, what with all the letters, parcels and magazines here, not to mention the teetering towers of old newspapers that threaten to collapse and crush me at any moment.
My pockets tell the same story. Recently, in one, I unearthed no fewer than six Telegraph crossword pages – none of them completed, all of them scrupulously quadruple-folded. Tickets and receipts receive similar treatment. There was much, then, that sounded familiar in Rowan Pelling’s description of her own snaking paper trail, and the article has resonated with readers.
I enjoyed L Hughes’s paean to such scraps and relics: “My paper trail includes every programme for every play, opera or ballet I have seen, some of which are autographed by performers.
“Other memorabilia include: 21 large files holding every type of record relating to 50 years of going to operas, oratorios and plays with my husband, including photographs and reviews; 100 years’ worth of letters and postcards from family and friends from all over the world; files of travel memories; diaries; my letters printed in The Telegraph. The list goes on. These are supplemented by a judicious inventory of home and work records.”
Tony Manning had a pertinent question for budding collectors: “What will future generations do? My ancient Callard & Bowser toffee tin contains my medal from the first Gillette London marathon in 1981. The conker, complete with string, from my school days has sadly disappeared, but at least such memorabilia are unaffected by drives to make us paperless.”
Sarah Ellis, meanwhile, had a warning: “Having cleared out two houses for elderly parents, the danger is that, unless treasured items are kept separately, with a note on why they are special, the likely destination is a skip.” What’s in your paper trail? Send your responses here, and the best of the bunch will feature in a future edition of From the Editor PM, for which you can sign up here.
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