US President Donald Trump confirmed the agreement in a call with Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer which was broadcast live.

There has been a sense of whiplash from Mr Trump’s back-and-forth tariff threats and responding retaliation seen over the last few months.

A one-man crime wave is today back behind bars serving a prison sentence after police asked the public to help them find him.

The secret conclave meeting – steeped in tradition and mystery – had only just begun some 24 hours before white smoke appeared.