Trump, in a Fox News interview on Tuesday, said he plans to pursue his earlier threat to sue the BBC for a billion dollars over the broadcaster's edit of a speech he made after losing the 2020 presidential election.

Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer meets with Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves, days before the announcement on the first budget of the new Labour government, at Downing Street in London, Britain, October 28, 2024. REUTERS/Hollie Adams/Pool

Friends of the PM are worried his job might be under threat, perhaps as soon as after the Budget in a fortnight.

LONDON - British Prime Minister Keir Starmer distanced himself on Wednesday from a briefing by unnamed allies that he would fight any leadership bid, throwing his support behind his health minister Wes Streeting who had been named as a challenger.

LONDON -British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Wednesday that any attack on members of his cabinet was "completely unacceptable", suggesting he was not behind newspaper reports that his allies

Slow economic growth and high levels of immigration have left Starmer the least popular British premier on record.

Senior aides and supporters of the UK Prime Minister have gone on the attack to discourage a challenge to Sir Keir Starmer’s leadership, as MPs consider dumping the Labour leader.

Health Secretary Wes Streeting accused No10 insiders of trying to “kneecap” him as Labour went into a frenzy over talk of a coup to topple Sir Keir Starmer. The Cabinet minister hit out after allies of the Prime Minister briefed that he would fight any attempt to oust him.