Key Facts

• Burnham spoke from a Commonwealth leaders summit after Republicans suffered heavy losses in the U.S. midterm elections.
• Burnham said he would urge world leaders to focus on the cost of living and seek resolutions to conflicts in the Middle East and Ukraine.
• Burnham said he could not reduce cost-of-living pressures until the conflicts in the Middle East and Ukraine were resolved.
• Trump told Fox News that voters were unwilling to accept the short-term cost of higher gasoline prices linked to the Iran war.
• Liberal Democrat deputy leader Daisy Cooper urged the UK government to oppose further strikes on Iran by the United States and Israel.
• Cabinet Office Minister Louise Haigh said de-escalation was the UK’s priority and called the Iran war catastrophic for the cost-of-living crisis.
• The article says Democrats now control the U.S. Congress, which can restrict funding, while Trump retains significant authority over foreign policy.