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KEIR STARMER

Demonstrators protest against the Labour government's plans to introduce a digital ID outside of the party's conference in Liverpool, England, on Sept. 28.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 2, 2025
Starmer’s digital ID plan tests his powers of persuasion
It might seem odd that U.K. political parties of all flavors have been quick to unite against what they deem a step towards an Orwellian Big Brother state.
U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer delivers his keynote speech at the Labour Party annual conference in Liverpool, U.K., on Sept. 30.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 29, 2025
Starmer’s Labour sinks to lowest-ever rating in YouGov poll
The party is losing votes to both the left and the right.
U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer (L) and Chinese President Xi Jinping (R) at the G20 summit in Brazil in 2024.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 19, 2025
Starmer’s China woes mean an ‘unwieldy mess’ just got messier
The collapse of a high-profile espionage trial has thrust U.K.-China relations firmly into the spotlight.
A worker at one of the Blast Furnaces at British Steel's steelworks site on April 15
WORLD / Politics
Oct 14, 2025
Brexit, decay and politics collide on U.K.’s industrial east coast
The common thread is fading industrial competitiveness because of things like high energy costs compared to rivals like China, that politicians have struggled to address.
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Chinese President Xi Jinping meet during the G20 Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in November 2024.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 13, 2025
U.K. ministers criticize Starmer’s China policy amid spying row
Several Cabinet ministers are concerned the prime minister has taken too generous an approach to Beijing and want him to commit to prioritizing national security.
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer (center) gestures as he meets Indian traditional dancers during a ceremony for the upcoming Diwali festival in Mumbai on Wednesday.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 9, 2025
Starmer looks to India for example on U.K. plan for digital ID
Starmer said his proposed smartphone-based ID was needed to "address the fact that too many people can come to this country to work illegally.”
British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer at 10 Downing Street in London on Oct. 2
WORLD / Politics
Oct 9, 2025
Britain's Starmer denies trying to appease China after spying case dropped
Two men had been accused of passing politically sensitive information to a Chinese intelligence agent.
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer delivers his keynote speech at the Labour party's annual conference in Liverpool, England, on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 1, 2025
U.K.’s Starmer buys himself time by punching back at Farage
Keir Starmer's barnstorming speech at his party's annual conference in Liverpool left his internal rivals humbled and the party unified behind him — for now.
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaks on the opening day of the U.K. Labour Party annual conference on Sunday.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 30, 2025
Starmer seeks political redemption by taking on Farage threat
Labour’s gathering is a chance for the British prime minister to test-drive a new strategy of going on the attack against an insurgent Reform U.K. party led by Farage.
Migrants wade into the sea to try to board smugglers' boats in an attempt to cross the English Channel off the beach of Gravelines, northern France, on Saturday.
WORLD
Sep 29, 2025
U.K. sees biggest-ever migrant arrival as boats get bigger
A boat carrying 125 people crossed to England from France on Saturday, breaking a previous record from August when 107 people arrived in a "mega-dinghy.”
Women in the U.K. still tend to handle the weekly shop, meaning they’re the first to feel the pinch from higher grocery, water and transport bills — the main drivers pushing inflation to its highest since early 2024.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 22, 2025
Women turn away from Labour as they lose faith in economy
Already, Britain's government has lost nearly half of the female voters who helped it win power just a year ago, according a political strategy and communications consultancy.
U.S. President Donald Trump and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer shake hands as they hold a news conference at Chequers at the conclusion of a state visit Thursday in Aylesbury, Britain.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 19, 2025
Trump flattery pays off for Starmer with major pitfalls averted
While the British concluded the trip without any open conflict, they failed to score any obvious diplomatic breakthroughs.
U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaks at Lancaster House in London on Monday.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 16, 2025
Lack of successor keeps U.K.'s Starmer safe as Labour mulls his ouster
Plots against British leader Keir Starmer have dominated the headlines in Britain following the messy departures of key members of his government.
U.S. President Donald Trump holds a letter from Britain's King Charles as he meets with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington in February.
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Sep 13, 2025
Trump’s big U.K. visit comes at worst possible time for PM Keir Starmer
Trump's three-day trip comes just days after Starmer lost two senior members of the U.K. government to scandal.
U.K. Defense Secretary John Healey is one of the most senior ministers to retain their post after Prime Minister Keir Starmer reshuffled his Cabinet.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 8, 2025
Starmer tells Cabinet to change gears in bid to fend off Farage
The British prime minister recently reshuffled his government, appointing more than four dozen junior ministers after overhauling his Cabinet.
Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Tory leader Kemi Badenoch are both nonbelievers. That’s a rare shared trait in the country’s political history.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 25, 2025
How much does faith influence British politics?
For the first time in British political history, both the nation’s premier and the official leader of the opposition have shared such an attitude toward God.
U.K. Prime Miniter Keir Starmer speaks at the Jaguar Land Rover automobile manufacturing plant in Solihull, U.K. Starmer declared in May that his trade deal with U.S. President Donald Trump included a cut in U.S. tariffs on British steel to zero.
BUSINESS / Markets
Aug 18, 2025
Trade partners grow restless waiting for Trump’s tariff breaks
While deals have been cut, the lower tariff rates agreed have yet to kick in.
The HMS Prince of Wales arrives at the Port of Darwin, Australia, in July during Exercise Talisman Sabre 2025.
EDITORIALS
Aug 15, 2025
Operation Highmast reinforces claims that ‘security is indivisible’
European governments recognize that developments in the Indo-Pacific have a profound impact on their national interests.
U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer and French President Emmanuel Macron after a joint news conference at a military base at Northwood Headquarters in northwest London on July 10
WORLD / Politics
Aug 5, 2025
U.K. and France set to ratify 'one in, one out' boat migrant returns deal
France will accept the return of undocumented people arriving in the U.K. by boat while the U.K. will accept an equal number of asylum-seekers with British family connections.
French President Emmanuel Macron’s state visit to London earlier this month to meet with U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer shows how a changing Europe and shifting global threats could let Britain move past Brexit and help shape a new European security order.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 23, 2025
Britain and Europe are changing together
Britain can help shape the continent’s new security order, so long as it banishes the Brexit mindset.
Tsunami threat passes following magnitude 6.9 quake off Iwate
A tsunami advisory was issued for Iwate Prefecture on Sunday evening following a strong earthquake. The advisory was later called off, after waves measuring 20 centimeters were recorded in some areas.
The Toyota buyout is a major test for Japan’s reforms
Akio Toyoda, chairman of Toyota Motor, speaks during a media preview at the Japan Mobility Show in Tokyo on Oct. 29. Minority investors are challenging the carmaker's bid to take affiliate Toyota Industries Corp. private.
From France to Mali, a deportee's struggle far from home
Moussa Sacko, a Malian deported from France — where he had lived since he was a young child — stands on a street in Bamako, Mali, in December. Compared with his home in France, Bamako feels like a different planet, Sacko said.
Takaichi plans pay cuts for herself and her ministers
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi chats with her Cabinet members in parliament in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Mother of Thai girl forced into sex work in Tokyo detained in Taiwan
The Metropolitan Police Department headquarters in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward
Cleanliness gets competitive at Tokyo’s Spogomi world cup
On Oct. 29, teams from 33 qualifying countries scoured the streets of Shibuya for all manners of trash as part of the Spogomi litter-picking competition.
Jon Homewood: ‘There’s beauty in what we throw away’
After a peripatetic childhood around the world, teacher and artist Jon Homewood ended up coming to Japan in 2012 for a professional opportunity.
Yokozuna duo Onosato and Hoshoryu poised for another clash of titans
Yokozuna duo Onosato (right) and Hoshoryu clash for the title on the final day of the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament on Sept. 28 at Ryogoku Kokugikan.
High-speed rail is expensive and difficult, but seen as a key to growth
Achal Khare, former managing director at India’s National High Speed Rail Corporation, gives a presentation during the IHRA Forum 2025 in Tokyo on Oct. 23.
A 40-year wait for ‘Mishima’ ends at TIFF
Made at a time when Japan was still grappling with Yukio Mishima’s legacy, Paul Schrader’s biopic “Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters” was blocked from screening in the country for decades.

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