In today\u2019s newsletter: Britain\u2019s refusal to be drawn into \u200bt\u200bhe Iran war has triggered a backlash from the White House\u200b, with the president\u2019s fury expos\u200bing the fragility of this once unshakeable partnership<\/p>\n
Good morning. Another week, another tirade against the UK from Donald Trump. The US-Israeli conflict with Iran has further inflamed tensions in the special relationship, which was already under strain from attacks by the capricious US leader. So far this week, Trump has once again mocked the UK\u2019s navy, instructed allies worried about jet fuel supplies to take it from the strait of Hormuz themselves<\/a>, and announced that the US is considering leaving Nato.<\/p>\n The outbursts have become a pattern since the war with Iran began \u2013 and mark a departure from the unlikely friendly relationship Starmer and Trump have enjoyed until now.<\/p>\n Middle East <\/strong><\/em>| Donald Trump used a prime-time address to the nation to declare the month-long war in Iran a success \u201cnearing completion\u201d<\/a>, despite a spiralling conflict that has caused economic turmoil across the globe, fractured transatlantic alliances and eroded the president\u2019s approval ratings.<\/p>\n UK politics <\/strong><\/em>| The UK will seek an even deeper partnership with the EU<\/a> because of the instability wreaked by Donald Trump\u2019s war with Iran, Keir Starmer has said, adding that the moment called for a more ambitious deal with Brussels.<\/p>\n Nasa <\/strong><\/em>| Nasa\u2019s moon rocket Artemis II launched<\/a> on Wednesday evening, carrying astronauts to the moon for the first time in almost 54 years.<\/p>\n BBC <\/strong><\/em>| The BBC confirmed in a statement it was first made aware of a police investigation into historical allegations of sexual abuse<\/a> by Scott Mills in 2017.<\/p>\n NHS <\/strong><\/em>| Claims by Palantir that concerns over the US data analytics company\u2019s multimillion-pound NHS contract are \u201cideologically motivated\u201d have been rejected by the chair of a parliamentary committee<\/a>.<\/p>\n Continue reading…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In today\u2019s newsletter: Britain\u2019s refusal to be drawn into \u200bt\u200bhe Iran war has triggered a backlash from the White House\u200b, with the president\u2019s fury expos\u200bing the fragility of this once unshakeable partnership Good morning. Another week, another tirade against the UK from Donald Trump. The US-Israeli conflict with Iran has further inflamed tensions in the … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-70654","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70654","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70654"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70654\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70654"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70654"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70654"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}