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Do not underestimate Joe Biden's decisions over the withdrawal of troops in Afghanistan - he knows what he is doing.

ALASTAIR CAMPBELL on the shameful moral vacuum that is the British government of today

Bonnie Greer says the US president’s ambitious plans could see a break in the special relationship I still don’t know why I had my outburst about Ireland on that Question Time episode in 2019. I said then that Ireland owed the UK nothing at all. That in fact, the UK did not and still does […]

Boris Johnson has insisted he does not disagree with Joe Biden on anything as the pair began a potentially tricky meeting in Cornwall. The US president will use the meeting to warn the prime minister not to let the row over Northern Ireland’s Brexit arrangements put the Good Friday Agreement at risk. The issue has […]

The Cornish weather has scuppered a trip by US president Joe Biden and prime minister Boris Johnson to a coastal beauty spot. The two leaders were due to meet at Saint Michael’s Mount, a castle on a tidal island off the coast of Cornwall, for their talks ahead of the G7 summit. Reports suggested their […]

Joe Biden has stressed the need for the world’s democracies to stand together as he arrived in the UK on his first overseas trip as US president. Biden will meet Boris Johnson in Cornwall on Thursday ahead of the G7 summit and is expected to deliver a warning not to let the Brexit trade dispute […]

Writer and historian MISHA GLENNY on attempts to revive an alliance of democracies to withstand the threats of the modern age Joe Biden is running out of time. In just 17 months, he faces mid-term elections when the Democrats are almost certain to lose their wafer-thin congressional majority. In that period, he hopes to steer […]

Joe Biden will warn Boris Johnson and the European Union not to “imperil” the Northern Ireland peace process, the US president’s national security adviser said, as they struggle to resolve a trade row. Jake Sullivan warned that Biden harbours “very deep” concerns on the issue provoked by Brexit, before he on Wednesday left for the […]

Joe Biden will begin his first overseas trip as US president when he touches down in Britain ahead of a G7 Summit with an emphasis on coronavirus vaccines. The Democrat and wife Jill are expected to land on Air Force One at RAF Mildenhall in Suffolk on Wednesday to kick off an eight-day trip to […]

The EU has been “slow to engage” with discussions over how to solve issues with the Northern Ireland Protocol, environment secretary George Eustice has complained. He told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme: “There are lots of ways to give the European Union the assurance that they say they want for their single market, and what […]

US president Joe Biden is set to issue a fresh Brexit warning to prime minister Boris Johnson during their first face-to-face meeting at the G7 summit this week. The Times reports Biden will use a bilateral meeting with the PM to explicitly express US support for the Northern Ireland Protocol. The pair will meet ahead of […]

The US president was expected by many, including his supporters, to be an uninspiring, unimaginative and ineffective leader. He is confounding those expectations in spectacular style When Joe Biden seemed to just limp over the line in the race for the White House last November, the considered opinion seemed to be that the nature of his victory – […]

Plans are in place for US president Joe Biden to meet with the Queen when he visits the UK for the G7 summit next month, according to reports. It had been suggested, following the monarch’s private message to Biden following his inauguration in January, that a face-to-face meeting between the heads of state could be […]

Agreeing a post-Brexit free trade deal between Britain and the United States will take “some time”, US secretary of state Antony Blinken has warned. Blinken said President Joe Biden’s new trade negotiator, Katherine Tai, would be taking time to review the discussions that had taken place with the Trump administration before progressing with the talks. […]

What will happen to police reform in America following the verdict over George Floyd? Another day. Another African American man faced the police. This time it was 20-year-old Daunte Wright, driving his car through Brooklyn Center, Minnesota. Wright was pulled over by cops and a female officer shot him dead. It happened 10 miles away […]

The US has announced a raft of new sanction on Russia over their interference in the 2020 US presidential election. This comes as Britain accused Russia’s foreign intelligence agency of responsibility for a major cyberattack affecting thousands of organisations in the West. The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) said it had been assessed that it […]

US president Joe Biden and vice president Kamala Harris have been invited to Northern Ireland when public health conditions allow. The invitation was extended during a virtual meeting with Stormont first minister Arlene Foster and deputy first minister Michelle O’Neill on St Patrick’s Day. During the meeting, the president and vice president expressed their strong […]

Ireland’s prime minister is to hold talks with US president Joe Biden as the traditional St Patrick’s Day engagement goes online. The Taoiseach traditionally travels to Washington DC for St Patrick’s week to hold a series of high-level meetings with the most powerful political figures in the US. But the pandemic has prevented Micheal Martin […]

Bonnie Greer on how American’s obsession with personal freedom makes Joe Biden’s fight against coronavirus even tougher “Vaccine, vaccine, vaccine, vaccine, I’m begging of you please don’t hesitate. Vaccine, vaccine, vaccine, vaccine, ’cause once you’re dead then that’s a bit too late.” And to the tune of her great song Jolene, Dolly Parton got herself […]

US president Joe Biden’s climate envoy has visited London for talks with Boris Johnson. The visit by former secretary of state John Kerry is the latest sign of the new administration’s dramatic break from the approach to climate issues under Donald Trump. The UK is hosting the major United Nations Cop26 summit in Glasgow on […]

Recent days have given a clear sign of how the West is realigning after the Trump era and seeking to re-engage with its challenges. Within minutes the picture had become an internet sensation. It showed Angela Merkel and other world leaders standing over, and glaring at, a seated Donald Trump, his hands crossed in defiance. It had […]

Joe Biden’s nomination as trade representative has said she wants to “review” the progress and objectives of negotiations on a UK-US deal. In a confirmation hearing before the Senate finance committee, Katherine Tai said she would examine the situation in the light of the UK’s Brexit deal and against the backdrop of the Covid-19 pandemic. […]

Boris Johnson has claimed he has had “fantastic conversations” with new US president Joe Biden during an interview with an American TV network. In an interview with CBS, the prime minister said that UK and US thinking had been coming together on a range of issues in recent weeks. “I’m very delighted, to have a […]

We are not in a post-Trump era, just because the man himself has left the White House, says BONNIE GREER. When a family member announced that – finally – they were getting married, all of us were really happy. When we found out that they were marrying a Trump supporter, again, everyone was still really happy. This […]

A student with a severe stammer has described US President Joe Biden as an “inspiration” for opening up about his own speech condition. Faizan Sheikh, who is studying childcare at The Manchester College, said his stammer was once so bad he could not say his own name. Mr Sheikh, 18, told the PA News Agency: […]

Readers hope lessons will be learned from Donald Trump’s time in the White House. I have just read A Promised Land, the first part of Barack Obama’s autobiography. Time and time again, his refusal to countenance actions which do not reflect his values – those he set out very clearly during his election campaign – […]

LIAM KENNEDY on Joe Biden’s inauguration message – and what it really means. The election of Joe Biden as the 46th president of the United States was received across much of the world with a mixture of relief and exuberance, though often laced with apprehension. A common theme in news headlines and Twitter feeds was […]

He’s only been gone a week, but what are the prospects of a return for Donald Trump in 2024? Last week, as he took to the podium one last time as president, Donald Trump hinted at his return: “We love you. We will be back in some form.” The question now is just what form […]