It’s time for Keir Starmer to make his move. Britain’s prime minister has spent months carefully crafting a chummy relationship with Donald Trump. He has showered the US president with flattery since even before his November election win;

Keir Starmer has warned that Vladimir Putin could invade Ukraine again if the US does not provide security guarantees for Europe. The Prime Minister is en route to Washington for a key summit with Donald Trump at the White House on Thursday,

"He'll strike again" is the headline in the Daily Mirror, which leads with Sir Keir Starmer's warning about Vladimir Putin. The Times says the prime minister will appeal to Donald Trump to "hold back" Russia, as he arrives in Washington at what the Guardian calls "the most precarious moment for European stability in decades".