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British envoy called Trump inept and incompetent: Mail

Bloomberg Kim Darroch, the British ambassador to the US, described President Donald Trump as “inept” and “incompetent” in diplomatic memos to his bosses at the UK Foreign Office, the Mail on Sunday reported. The newspaper reported that Darroch used cables and briefing notes to comment on Trump and those who surround him. Trump’s White House was “uniquely dysfunctional” and given ...

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US envoy on North Korea heads to Europe for denuclearisation talks

Bloomberg The top US diplomat on North Korea heads to Europe for talks on removing nuclear weapons from the Asian peninsula, the State Department said, a week after an impromptu meeting between Donald Trump and the North’s Kim Jongun. US Special Representative Stephen Biegun will be in Brussels and then Berlin through Thursday to meet Lee Do-hoon, South Korea’s special ...

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‘Labour must speed up backing UK staying in EU’

Bloomberg Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn should move more quickly to make remaining in the European Union the party’s official position before a possible general election, Labour’s treasury spokesman John McDonnell said. While Labour’s deputy leader, Tom Watson, has for months been calling for the party to adopt the policy, or seek a second referendum, Corbyn has so-far refused to commit. ...

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