Overview

• At a joint Chequers press conference, President Trump urged using the military to halt Channel crossings and warned illegal migration "destroys countries from within," while claiming recent US illegal entries had fallen to zero.
• Downing Street confirmed the first deportation under the UK–France 'one in, one out' arrangement took place Thursday morning, which the government cast as proof of concept ahead of scaling up.
• Officials announced a technology partnership citing about £150bn of US investment in the UK, with firms including Microsoft, Google, Palantir and Blackstone targeting AI, quantum, cloud and nuclear projects.
• Trump said Vladimir Putin "has really let me down" over Ukraine and pressed Europe to cut Russian oil purchases, even as the leaders presented a united front on broader security ties.
• Policy differences surfaced as Trump opposed the UK plan to recognise a Palestinian state and urged more North Sea oil and gas, dismissing wind power as an "expensive joke."