The foreign secretary has used his first major speech of 2025 to go after the Putin’s aggression in tearing up the world order and back Trump’s demands for significant increases in defence spending

The foreign secretary talks up UK-US relations - but clear divisions with the incoming president remain.

David Lammy has refused to condemn Donald Trump for suggesting he could use military force to take over Greenland. The president-elect made the warning in a rambling press conference earlier this week in which he also said America could seize control of the Panama Canal.

Mr Lammy told the BBC that he believes Mr Trump’s comments earlier in the week about Greenland come from his concerns about US economic security.

It’s not going to happen’ - Foreign secretary also hit back at Trump’s demands that the UK double its defence spending to 5 per cent of GDP

The Foreign Secretary has called on the incoming US president to say how he will pay for a massive increase in defence spending.

Lammy warning over ‘destabilising’ Trump threats as Truss sends bizarre plea to Starmer - The president-elect has hinted at military action to take Greenland and the Panama Canal under US control

Donald Trump's incoming counter-terrorism chief demanded the repatriation of British members of so-called IS being held in Syrian prison camps.

For many Greenlanders, Trump’s remarks have been unsettling. Most have rejected the thought of their country being bought or sold

The Reform UK leader said that ‘instinctively’ it is not something he would want to do but he is ‘now thoughtful’ about the matter.