PM warns of Trump tension over Europe

SIR Keir Starmer has spoken of heightened “tension” between Donald Trump and Europe at a gathering of leaders from across the continent which he used to announce the UK’s bid to join the European Union’s recovery loan for Ukraine.

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The Prime Minister warned of the strained relations at the European Political Community summit in Armenia, which is being dominated by the conflicts in Ukraine and Iran, amid concerns over the US president's waning interest in the first and attacks on traditional allies over their stance on the second.

Speaking in the plenary session, Sir Keir said: “We cannot deny that some of the alliances that we have come to rely on are not in the place we would want them to be.

“There is more tension in the alliances than there should be and it’s very important that we therefore face up to this as a group of countries together.”