Donald Trump says it's a "a fair deal for both" that will "produce a lot of jobs, a lot of income". It comes as the US leader and his British counterpart have been holding talks at the G7 summit in Canada.
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Sir Keir Starmer is set to announce fresh sanctions on Russia as allies try to get Vladimir Putin to the negotiating table.
The PM will "launch continued action to hit Putin where it hurts and make it clear that we will continue to ratchet up pressure until Russia is ready to commit to a full and unconditional ceasefire, and show they are serious about working towards a just and sustainable peace", Downing Street says.
Starmer is expected to deliver a speech, in which he will argue that "Russia doesn't hold all the cards", and will call on allies to "take this moment to increase economic pressure and show President Putin it is in his - and Russia's interests - to demonstrate he is serious about peace".
It is understood that this is just a UK announcement for now, but the government expects other allies to follow suit.
We've just had details on exactly what the UK-US deal being "done" means in practice.
The government says the US "has committed" to removing tariffs (taxes on imported goods) on UK aerospace goods, such as engines and aircraft parts, which currently stands at 10%.
That is "expected to come into force by the end of the month".
Tariffs on car imports will drop from 27.5% to 10%, the government says, which "saves car manufacturers hundreds of millions a year, and protects tens of thousands of jobs".
The White House says there will be a quote of 100,000 cars eligible for import at that level each year.
But on steel, the story is a little more complicated.
The UK is the only country exempted from the global 50% tariff rate on steel - which means the UK rate remains at the original level of 25%.
That tariff was expected to be lifted entirely, but the government now says they will "continue to go further and make progress towards 0% tariffs on core steel products as agreed".
The White House says the US will "promptly construct a quota at most-favoured-nation rates for steel and aluminium articles".
Other key parts of the deal include import and export quotas for beef - and the government is keen to emphasise that "any US imports will need to meet UK food safety standards".
There is no change to tariffs on pharmaceuticals for the moment, and the government says "work will continue to protect industry from any further tariffs imposed".
The White House says they "committed to negotiate significantly preferential treatment outcomes".
Sky's political editor Beth Rigby was there when Donald Trump and Sir Keir Starmer announced that the trade deal agreed last month has now been implemented (see previous post).
She also managed to get a question to the US president on the Middle East, asking if he has spoken to Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Trump replied: "I have spoken to everybody. Israel is doing very well, as you probably noticed.
"I gave Iran 60 days, and they said 'no', and on the 61st, you saw what happened."
He added that he is "in constant touch" with Netanyahu, and that "a deal will be signed".
"I think Iran is foolish not to sign one."
Sir Keir Starmer and Donald Trump are meeting now at the G7 summit in Canada.
The pair are standing for photos in front of the UK and US media.
The US president praises the "great" prime minister, and says that he and Starmer have signed a document implementing the US-UK deal agreed last month.
"We signed it, and it's done," Trump said, adding that it's "a fair deal for both that will "produce a lot of jobs, a lot of income".
Starmer said this implements the deal to cut tariffs on cars and aerospace, describing it as a "really important agreement".
"So this is a very good day for both of our countries - a real sign of strength."
Asked whether he could guarantee the country would be protected from any further levies, the US president told reporters in Canada: "The UK is very well protected, you know why? Because I like them."
Trump added: "The prime minister's done a great job. I just want to tell that to the people of the United Kingdom. He's done a very, very good job.
"He's done what other people... we've been talking about this deal for six years, and he's done what they haven't been able to do."
By Alix Culbertson, political reporter
Sir Keir Starmer has announced he is U-turning and will order a full public inquiry into grooming gangs.
The scandal hit the headlines again in January after Elon Musk attacked Sir Keir Starmer and minister Jess Phillips for failing children.
The tech billionaire accused Starmer of being "complicit" in the failure of authorities to protect victims and prosecute abusers while the prime minister was director of public prosecutions from 2008-2013.
Starmer hit back at Musk, saying his record shows how he tackled the issue head-on.
The row started after it was revealed that safeguarding minister Jess Phillips had rejected calls from Oldham Council for a government inquiry into historical grooming gangs in the town, with Phillips saying the council should lead an inquiry instead.
She also hit back after Musk's subsequent attacks on her.
Sky News looks at a timeline of the grooming gangs scandal, inquiries and Starmer's role.
Whitehall officials tried to convince Michael Gove to go to court to cover up the grooming scandal in 2011.
That's according to Dominic Cummings, who was working for Gove at the time.
In an interview with Sky's political correspondent Liz Bates, Cummings has revealed how officials in the Department for Education wanted to help efforts by Rotherham Council to stop a national newspaper from exposing the scandal.
On the Sky News Daily, Mark Austin speaks to Liz Bates about the scandal and what Cummings told her.
At the start of the year, Sir Keir Starmer commissioned an audit into the scale of grooming gangs across the country.
It was conducted by Baroness Louise Casey, and her report - completed 10 days ago - was published by the government today.
She spoke to Sky's Politics Hub With Sophy Ridge about her report, its findings, and what needs to change.
Watch the full interview below...
In her report, Baroness Louise Casey talks specifically about ethnicity, and Sophy Ridge asks safeguarding minister Jess Phillips if she thinks there might be a particular problem with British-Asian men and group sexual exploitation.
She replies: "Some British Pakistani men, yes. I mean, it doesn't matter what I think, the evidence is there.
"How people think about this should never have been the thing that anybody paid any attention to, because some people think that all people of Pakistani origin are abusers and some people think that none of them are.
"Thinking has got us nowhere."
Phillips goes on to say that ethnicity recording will become mandatory, as recommended, and notes that the Casey review found "an over-representation of Asian or British-Pakistani origin males".
"It doesn't matter how I feel about that. Those are the facts. And if we ignore that, how can we ever come up with solutions?"
Phillips also says that the lack of data around ethnicity is not news to anyone, and vows to make change.
But she goes on: "What often gets lost for me is actually the way we dismiss women's, and especially young girls' voices, treat them as if they're criminals, treat them as if they're, you know, sluts and hussies, and they were asking for it."
So one of the things Labour will do is "get rid of the convictions" of anyone under the age of 18 who was accused of being a prostitute, because "these are children".
Phillips also said she has "not yet found a certain community that doesn't have a problem with misogyny".
Jess Phillips, the safeguarding minister, is next on Politics Hub With Sophy Ridge, and she says Baroness Louise Casey's report on grooming gangs was not "a huge surprise" given her experience helping victims.
"But it makes me feel incredibly angry and incredibly tired that it tracks a period from 2009 to 2025 of this review, that review - and very little change.
"And that makes me feel cross, angry, upset, but I'm eternally grateful to her for the audit that she has undertaken, and I think her recommendations are good and strong."
Sophy Ridge asks why she and Labour have changed their minds on a national public inquiry, and Phillips says she "never didn't want any inquiries", and it was not the point.
"What I have seen from my experience is national inquiries leading to no change, which is exactly what Louise Casey has found," she explains, which is why she worried about "spending millions" on another one that doesn't lead to change.
Phillips goes on to say that there is a difference of opinion among victims about whether a national inquiry is needed, or local inquiries do a better job of triggering change - and so Baroness Casey has suggested local investigations with the powers of a national inquiry.
"I come to this view having spoken to Louise Casey, looked at her evidence and also looked at what the victims have been telling me," she says.
