Top US, UK diplomats discuss European security, Iran's nuclear ambitions

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1. Wed, 5 August 2026

   2 reports
   • The Hill20:24first to report
     UK's new foreign minister ignores questions about calling Trump ‘racist’

     U.K. Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband ignored questions from reporters about his past criticisms of President Trump ahead of a meeting with Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Washington. After Trump’s first election victory in 2016, Britain’s new top diplomat called him a “racist, misogynistic self-confessed groper” and later said Trump had “lowered the bar for...

   • Anadolu Agency (AA)21:42
     Top US, UK diplomats discuss European security, Iran's nuclear ambitions

     - Marco Rubio says Ukraine was also among topics discussed during Washington meeting with UK's Ed Miliband

2. Thu, 6 August 2026

   3 reports
   • South China Morning Post04:55
     New UK foreign minister dodges questions on his past Trump remarks

     The UK’s new foreign secretary, Ed Miliband, was confronted with his past criticism of “racist” Donald Trump as he held talks in Washington with his US counterpart Marco Rubio. Miliband ignored questions about whether he still thought the president was an “idiot, a racist and a misogynist” as he met with the US top diplomat. Miliband was invited to the US capital by Rubio after their recent first meeting on the sidelines of a foreign ministers’ summit in the Philippines last month. The pair...

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     • scmp.com6 Aug, 04:55their copy
   • MercoPress (South America)06:08
     Miliband meets Marco Rubio in Washington for ‘productive’ talks and ‘to strengthen diplomatic partnership between US and UK’

     United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio welcomed U.K. Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband for official bilateral talks at the State Department in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday August 5, 2026.

   • South China Morning Post09:00
     Why the UK is doubling down on Asean ties amid European reset

     Britain’s new Labour government is trying to reassure Southeast Asia that its push to rebuild ties with Europe will not come at the region’s expense, analysts have said, after Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband made an Asean meeting in Manila his first overseas stop. Appointed by Prime Minister Andy Burnham on July 20, Miliband attended the Association of Southeast Asian Nations Foreign Ministers’ Meeting about 48 hours after taking office – a choice observers said pointed less to a policy reset...