Starmer’s Trump-Whispering Tested by Rifts Over BBC and Tech (1)

Prime Minister Keir Starmer tried to hold President Donald Trump close this year in a bid to shield the UK from the sharp end of his trade policies. Right now, that strategy seems to be breaking down.

Trump on Monday sued the BBC for at least $10 billion over a misleading edit in a documentary last year, forcing Starmer into the center of a clash between the White House and Britain’s national broadcaster.

A much-vaunted agreement between the Trump and Starmer administrations to deepen their cooperation on technology has also been put on ice. The US halted implementation of the ...