Starmer and Trump, United in America?
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BBC
4.3 • 6.6K Ratings
🗓️ 26 February 2025
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
Today, Sir Keir Starmer is en route to Washington for his first White House meeting with President Donald Trump.
James speaks to Chris about what the Prime Minister will be hoping to achieve, what the potential pitfalls are and why it’s so significant.
Plus, the government’s climate watchdog released a new report today looking at what the UK needs to do to reach its net zero target by 2050. James is joined by the chief executive of the Climate Change Committee Emma Pinchbeck and the BBC’s climate editor Justin Rowlatt.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, podcasts. |
| 0:04.7 | So, there's been lots of focus on newscasts this week on these big foreign and defence policy announcements and developments. |
| 0:12.1 | And now, another biggie, the Prime Minister, is heading off to meet the US President. |
| 0:17.4 | We're going to be talking about that. |
| 0:18.8 | But we're also going to be talking about another big issue that is definitely not going to go away, and that is climate change, and specifically |
| 0:26.5 | what you, as a newscaster, are being advised to do yourself in changing your lifestyle to tackle it. |
| 0:34.6 | And that's coming up on this episode of Newscast. |
| 0:37.4 | Newscast from the BBC. I like landscapes. I don't think I'm being rude. |
| 0:42.1 | Japping. Unemployed people who are overweight. That is not the agenda. |
| 0:45.8 | It's the fun police working overtime. |
| 0:48.1 | The star is born. Elon. |
| 0:50.0 | It's all hurt that a miracle that is happening. Frankly, I think we need a British Trump. |
| 0:54.0 | Take me down to Downing Street. Let's go have a tour. Blimey. |
| 0:58.5 | Hello, it's James in the studio. What a week. And it's only Wednesday. We've had a German |
| 1:04.6 | election. We've had the French president in the White House. We've had an increase in |
| 1:08.7 | defence spending here in the UK. And now, |
| 1:12.0 | arguably, the big moment, the UK Prime Minister, Secure Starmer, is off to meet President Trump. |
| 1:18.7 | And Chris Mason is travelling with him. Hi, Chris. Hello. Or rather not here. There. Where is there? |
| 1:23.7 | Where are you? Can you tell us? |
| 1:25.0 | Yeah, hello, James. I am on quite a posh sofa, actually. It's got cushions and everything. |
| 1:30.3 | At the airport, we're going to be leaving in a few hours and flying with the Prime Minister to |
| 1:37.0 | Washington. So just been doing the whole bag checking stuff and boarding pass and all that |
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