Kemi Badenoch has hit back at Tory defectors to Reform UK, accusing them of behaving “like they do in banana republics”.

Ruben Gallego has six months in the Senate. But he's already making the pilgrimage to Iowa, presumably to get a jump on the competition for president.

President Donald Trump threatened new tariffs on more than 20 countries this week, but his justification for raising import taxes on Brazil stands out.