Starmer to address Trump’s Greenland threats in No 10 press conference – UK politics live
PM to speak to reporters this morning amid crisis over the territory and US president’s tariff threats to those who oppose himMost of the Guardian live blogs are focused on...
By Andrew Sparrow · The Guardian World
PM to speak to reporters this morning amid crisis over the territory and US president’s tariff threats to those who oppose him Most of the Guardian live blogs are focused on the Trump Greenland crisis today. On the business live blog, Lauren Almeida says stock markets are falling in Europe in response. She wrote about an hour ago” Investors in Europe are spooked: futures for the continent’s European Stoxx 50 index are down 1.51%. Futures for the UK’s FTSE 100 blue chip index are down 0.48%, while the French Cac 40 is posed to fall 2.1% and the German Dax pointing to a 1.35% drop at the open. In Asia, the picture has been more mixed as investors digested reports from China that its economy expanded at a 5% annual pace in 2025, though it slowed in the last quarter. In Japan, the Nikkei 225 slipped 0.7%. Continue reading...