Prime Minister Keir Starmer wore a broad smile aboard the plane home from Washington. He landed back in Britain on Friday with the satisfaction of a tricky mission not quite accomplished, but off to a flying start.

Keir Starmer supports Trump's mineral deal with Ukraine after US meeting Source: NBC News "He doesn't hate immigrants; he just hates poor immigrants."

Starmer seems to have come away with the chance at avoiding tariffs by recognising the constraints of the reality on the ground in Washington.