Sir Keir Starmer has paid a visit to HMS St Albans navy frigate in Oslo port, on the fringes of the Joint Expeditionary Force Summit. The prime minister's trip to Norway comes as the government announces its largest ever sanctions package against the Russian Shadow Fleet of oil tankers. Report by Brooksl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
Rachel Reeves has hailed the new UK-US trade deal as being a "good deal" for sectors such as car manufacturing, aerospace, life sciences and steel. The chancellor adds the agreement is a "big improvement from where we were a month ago". Report by Brooksl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
The chancellor says the welfare system "needs reform", as more than 40 MPs have written to Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer urging him to pause and reassess planned cuts to disability benefits. Rachel Reeves adds, "the current levels of people going onto these benefits is not sustainable". Report by Brooksl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
Sir Keir Starmer says the Joint Expeditionary Forces summit is "focussed" on supporting Ukraine, and defending values that were "hard won" during the Second World War. Speaking from Oslo, the prime minister adds that the government has announced its largest ever sanctions package against the Russian Shadow Fleet of oil tankers. Report by Brooksl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer says he "welcomes" the new Pope and looks forward to working with him, after Cardinal Robert Prevost was elected as the first US-born pontiff and leader of the Catholic Church. Report by Brooksl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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