UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham has held his first face-to-face meeting with US President Donald Trump, according to The Guardian. A plane carrying Burnham, several UK ministers, a group of British political journalists and Burnham’s wife, Marie France, landed at a New York airport in the early hours of Tuesday ahead of the encounter, which took place on Tuesday afternoon.

The meeting was notable given the leaders’ history. The Guardian notes that Trump once described Burnham as the mayor of “a town,” and that Burnham had previously said Trump would not be welcome in that town, Manchester. Despite this, the outlet reports that the meeting “went remarkably well.” The Guardian framed the encounter as marking a fragile reset in relations between the two governments.

The talks came against the backdrop of the UN general assembly, where Trump gave what The Guardian described as a bellicose defence of his administration’s foreign policy. He called on nations to unite to isolate Tehran and to bring down global energy prices, and defended his decision to strike Iran.

On the domestic front, The Guardian reports that Burnham has opened the door to fighting the next UK election on the question of the country rejoining the EU, signalling a potentially significant shift in political strategy.

The Guardian’s briefing also flagged several other developing UK stories. Charities condemned footage of a far-right activist using a blade to slash an inflatable dinghy in the Channel while a rescue worker was onboard, described as a further escalation of organised anti-immigration protest.

In health news, the outlet reports that children as young as 13 in the UK have been referred to a specialist clinic for a “devastating” bladder condition linked to sustained use of ketamine. Separately, MPs are warning British banks and financial institutions that they should not invest in Israel’s E1 settlement project in the West Bank.