Cardinal Robert Prevost, from Chicago, has been elected to be Pope Leo XIV after he appeared on  the balcony of St Peter’s Basilica.

There has been a sense of whiplash from Mr Trump’s back-and-forth tariff threats and responding retaliation seen over the last few months.

US President Donald Trump confirmed the agreement in a call with Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer which was broadcast live.

The secret conclave meeting – steeped in tradition and mystery – had only just begun some 24 hours before white smoke appeared.

Scotland’s Deputy First Minister said it was ‘disappointing’ that devolved governments had not been told the agreement was imminent.

Sir Lindsay Hoyle has berated a minister saying “we don’t do business like this” after the Government suggested a statement on the UK-US trade deal should be delayed. The Speaker of the House of ...

Agriculture is a key part of a new trade deal struck between the UK and US, announced on Thursday by Sir Keir Starmer and Donald Trump, with tariffs reduced on US products including beef and ethanol ...

A new pope is to be elected after white smoke was released from the Sistine Chapel chimney following two days of voting.

Car manufacturers and UK consumers will be “breathing a sigh of relief” after Sir Keir Starmer and Donald Trump struck a US-UK trade agreement, industry bosses have said. UK car manufacturers, such as ...

Denis Donaldson was shot dead in 2006, months after admitting his role as a police and MI5 agent for 20 years.

A NEW Pope has been elected with white smoke rising from the Sistine Chapel confirming the news to the world. The pontiff is the 267th Pope, becoming the religious leader of Catholics across the globe ...

Speaking to Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer from the White House, US President Donald Trump said the agreement was a ‘great deal for ...