Who will Trump meet with in September?Andy Burnham

EXCL - Andy Burnham asked Donald Trump to bring up Jimmy Lai’s case when he speaks to China’s Xi this week • • By @DashaBurns me and @PhelimKine • •

NEW: British PM Andy Burnham implored President Trump to bring up the case of imprisoned Hong Kong dissident Jimmy Lai at a Thursday summit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping, according to two people familiar with the situation. • • Burnham made the request during a meeting with Trump, who said he agreed Lai should be set free, according to one of the people. The British delegation suggested Lai could live in the United Kingdom, that person said. @politico • • w/ @danbloom1 + @PhelimKine • •

Trump tells Andy Burnham 'we are with you all the way' in first meeting with PM

Meeting between Donald Trump and Andy Burnham on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly: Donald Trump believes that relations between the two countries "are better now than they were with your last Prime Minister," Keir Starmer. #BFM2

Donald Trump praises ‘natual businessman’ Andy Burnham after first meeting

Live: British Prime Minister Andy Burnham meets Trump for first time

Burnham and Trump meet for the first time in New York British Prime Minister Andy Burnham and US President Donald Trump met for the first time at the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York and discussed trade relations, migration and the Falkland Islands. #UN_2026 #IRNA_World @IRNA_1313

Live: US-UK relations 'more up now' after Trump's first meeting with PM Andy Burnham, prez says

US President Donald Trump says he can do business with UK PM Andy Burnham but criticises "terrible" Chagos deal in first meeting

Andy Burnham gently mocks Donald Trump after referring to Manchester as a "town". • • Asked whether he was happier in Manchester or Manhattan the PM says: "Oh, that's a risky question." • • "I like to remind the President every now and again he called the great city of Manchester... you once called it some town. • • "I don't hold it against you as the former Mayor. • • "Obviously, I'm very much at home in Makerfield, Manchester, but here too. I love coming here."

Donald Trump says it’s “an honour” to be with Andy Burnham and praises his “great election win” in Makerfield. “I think he’s going to be a great prime minister… we’re with you all the way.” • • US president says PM “gets it” and that he’s a man he can do business with. • • He adds: “I think he's a natural businessperson. We have had a lot of discussions. He gets it. He understands what he has to do”.

US President Donald Trump, meeting with British Prime Minister Andy Burnham at the United Nations in New York, said Tehran and Washington were still in talks on Tuesday, adding: "I think there will be a deal." Trump said: "We stopped them from getting a nuclear weapon. We really stopped them. They will not have a nuclear weapon and we will see what happens." Burnham also said that in his first meeting with Trump, he had "a good connection" with him and that the two sides had discussed the Middle East, the Falklands Islands and trade issues. He told Trump that Britain was ready to play its role in the Middle East. @VahidOOnLine @VahidOnline

US President Donald Trump, meeting with British Prime Minister Andy Burnham at the United Nations in New York, said Tehran and Washington were still in talks on Tuesday, adding: "I think there will be a deal." Trump said: "We stopped them from getting a nuclear weapon. We really stopped them. They will not have a nuclear weapon and we will see what happens." Burnham also said that in his first meeting with Trump, he had "a good connection" with him and that the two sides had discussed the Middle East, the Falklands Islands and trade issues. He told Trump that Britain was ready to play its role in the Middle East.

Andy Burnham says he raised the issue of the Falklands during his first meeting with Donald Trump. • • As we first reported, the US had threatened to change its position of neutrality on the archipelago to incentivise Britain to spend more on defence.

NEW!! Trump is meeting with UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham, with top U.S. officials including Rubio, Bessent, Lutnick and Wiles in the room.

Live: Donald Trump says he feels he can do business with Andy Burnham

Live: Sitting next to Prime Minister Andy Burnham of the United Kingdom in a meeting on the sidelines of the General Assembly, Trump said he believed a settlement with Iran would eventually be reached. He also claimed, without providing details, that there had been talks on Tuesday between his administration and the Iranians. Whether those are direct talks or through intermediaries was unclear.

Andy Burnham says he and Donald Trump discussed the Falklands in their first bilateral meeting today • • The UK has become increasingly worried about the administrations apparent sympathy toward Argentina’s position

ALERT: Prime Minister Andy Burnham said he and Donald Trump have “established a good connection in our early discussions and we’ve taken that further today” as they met for the first time, adding the relationship with the US matters to the UK.

NEW: Donald Trump says Andy Burnham is a "natural businessperson". He adds: "He gets it". • • Their first meeting on-going now at the UN

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Donald Trump says Andy Burnham is a "natural businessman" at the end of their bilat

Trump’s first UN bilateral meeting, with the UK’s Andy Burnham, appears to have begun here (the White House has not confirmed if it has started). • • Press are lined up outside but haven’t yet been brought in; typically we go in off the top. Official photographers have come out.

Andy Burnham currently meeting Donald Trump for the first time. Behind closed doors for now, before the cameras are let in.

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Live: If Andy Burnham wanted to inject some edge into his meeting with Donald Trump later (which he doesn’t), he could bring along a copy of today’s Financial Times.

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Andy Burnham to meet Donald Trump for first time as world leaders gather at UN

***EXCLUSIVE*** • • Donald Trump will challenge Andy Burnham over Britain’s defence spending when the pair meet for the first time in New York on Tuesday. • • Britain’s commitment to Nato’s 5% spending target will be among the talking points Trump is expected to raise in their first face-to-face meeting at the UN General Assembly, @Telegraph understands. • • The meeting comes after Chancellor John Healey declined to commit Britain to spending three per cent of GDP on defence by 2030 in his first Budget. • • Defence spending has become one of Trump’s biggest concerns about Britain and Europe. • • Burnham, who has twice spoken to the president by phone, is expected to use the meeting to reset Downing Street’s relationship with the White House.

Andy Burnham heading to New York for talks with Donald Trump at UN summit

Andy Burnham will meet @vonderleyen as well as Donald Trump on Tuesday in NY as they try to land a reset deal at a summit before the end if the year @GeorgeWParker

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Trump and Zelensky meeting at UN General Assembly not currently planned – media On September 22, the US president will deliver a speech at the UN General Assembly. After that, the head of the White House will hold a number of bilateral meetings, including with British Prime Minister Andy Burnham and Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi. He will also meet with the heads of the Gulf Cooperation Council countries and hold a reception for leaders participating in the General Assembly. In addition, Trump will meet with acting Venezuelan President Delcy Rodriguez in New York subscribe

NEW: A senior US official confirms Donald Trump will meet with UK PM Andy Burnham for the first time, at the UN General Assembly in New York

Andy Burnham's first meeting with Donald Trump is pencilled in for Tuesday afternoon, between the president's big UN speech in the morning and the PM's 15 minute address at night • • Unlike Starmer's 2-hour Trump Tower dinner, it's expected to happen somewhere in the UN complex

What Andy Burnham needs from Donald Trump at their New York meet

NEW: Andy Burnham is set to meet President Trump for the first time next week in New York, The Times understands • • The meeting is expected to take place at the United Nations general assembly, which both leaders will attend on Tuesday. • • Washington visit proved too tricky. “Xi wiped out the calendar”, a diplomatic source said. • • With @MaxKendix

NEW: Andy Burnham is set to meet President Trump for the first time next week in New York, The Times understands • • The meeting is expected to take place at the United Nations general assembly, which both leaders will attend on Tuesday. • • Washington visit proved too tricky. “Xi wiped out the calendar”, a diplomatic source said.

Wes Streeting has declared he’s “committed” to delivering Starmer’s deal to give away the Chagos Islands. • • It sets the Burnham government on a new collision course with Donald Trump, who has gone sour on the move. • • Streeting, the Defence Sec, is engaging the US and Mauritius to try to revive the treaty (currently stalled in the Lords). • • Another point of difference for Andy Burnham to navigate as he flies over to see Trump for the first time later this month. • • Burnham is an admirer of how Mark Carney has stood up to the US President and hinted at adopting a more robust stance than Starmer. • • Over the summer he wanted to post a light-hearted video pushing back on Trump’s description of Manchester as “some town” but thought better of it. • •