Burnham's Trump Test: Chagos Crisis, EU Freeze-Out, and the Trade Squeeze

Andy Burnham emerged from his first face-to-face with Donald Trump at the UN General Assembly claiming the hour-long private chat went well, with the US president praising the new PM as someone who "just gets it." But the 10-minute press conference hit a wall when Trump branded the Chagos Islands deal "terrible" and "ridiculous," forcing Burnham to hastily promise a "resolution" to American concerns.

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The Chagos fallout reveals the precariousness of...