President Donald Trump and the prime minister, Keir Starmer, have spoken over the phone and agreed to “meet soon”. The two leaders spoke for 45 minutes on Sunday in their first call since Trump’s inauguration. According to Downing Street’s readout of the call, they discussed trade and the economy and security in the Middle East. Trump began by sending his condolences to the prime minister after the death of his brother Nick, who had cancer and had died on Boxing Day. Starmer thanked Trump “for his kind words and congratulated him on his inauguration,” Downing Street said. “The Prime Minister