Keir Starmer took another step Friday afternoon to bring the UK closer to war with Iran, but above all, to appease the increasingly aggressive Donald Trump, hours after the US president called NATO allies who had refused to get involved in the war "cowards." Without yet making a definitive change of course, Downing Street announced it will allow the US military to use British bases in punitive operations to unblock the Strait of Hormuz and target missile launchers. In addition to the Fairford base in England, Washington also has access to the use of the strategic base on Diego Garcia island in the Indian Ocean

Second round to the race against time to convince the United States not to leave Europe aside and not to turn the peace negotiations "into the surrender of Ukraine," as French President Emmanuel Macron said on MondayBritish Prime Minister Keir Starmer met with Donald Trump on Thursday with the aim of trying to convince him to provide security guarantees in Kiev to prevent a future Russian invasion if peace is reached in the coming weeks or months. Trump has told Starmer that the rare earths deal will be “a guarantee” of security for Ukraine and has insisted: “We need the rare earths.”

It seems like an impossible mission, worthy of Tom Cruise. But the hero who is not very much of a hero is called Keir Starmer and not Ethan Hunt. Will the British Prime Minister be able to convince Donald Trump not to abandon Ukraine and Europe to their fate, and not to leave Kiev and Brussels and the rest of the European capitals at the mercy of Vladimir Putin?

Joe Biden and Boris Johnson met on Thursday in Cornwall, in front of Carbis Bay, southwest England. Johnson was once described by the US President as the "physical and emotional clone" of Donald Trump, in December 2019, when Biden was still just another aspirant for the Democratic candidacy. It was their first face to face meeting as leaders of their respective countries. Johnson has turned the page and forgotten Biden's previous words, despite the fact that at that time the Prime Minister must have received it as a well-deserved compliment. Biden has also turned the page on Johnson's wish to appear internationally as the most accomplished colleague of the man with the permanent angry gesture and orange skin. Johnson, in fact, went further. And, at the end of the meeting, in front of the television cameras, he called Biden's presence in the White House "a breath of fresh air".