Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said he wants a “Breturn” rather than Brexit after discussing co-operation between the UK and EU in talks with Sir Keir Starmer on his visit to Warsaw.Mr Tusk, who was president of the European Council when Britain voted to leave the trading bloc,

Donald Tusk, Poland’s prime minister, said he was dreaming of a “Breturn” after talks with Sir Keir Starmer over closer ties between the UK and European Union. “I am aware this is a dream: that instead of a Brexit, we will have a Breturn,” Mr Tusk told a news conference following the pair’s meeting in Warsaw on Friday afternoon.

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Sir Keir Starmer will travel to Poland on Friday for negotiations with Donald Tusk on a new defence and security deal. The Prime Minister will meet his Polish counterpart in Warsaw for talks on the treaty aimed at tackling shared threats including Russian aggression and people smuggling gangs.

Sir Keir Starmer has hailed his "fantastic" discussions with Polish President Andrzej Duda and Prime Minister Donald Tusk and the "growing relationship" between the two countries, on a visit to Poland.

The UK and Poland will start work on a new defence and security agreement on Friday, when Sir Keir Starmer travels to the eastern European country for talks.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer was due in Warsaw on Friday for talks with his Polish counterpart Donald Tusk, a day after he made his first visit to Ukraine.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has visited the site of the Nazi German extermination camp Auschwitz ahead of talks with Poland's leaders on security and tightening Britain's ties with the