{"id":62722,"date":"2017-01-27T01:06:23","date_gmt":"2017-01-27T07:06:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=62722"},"modified":"2017-01-26T16:39:13","modified_gmt":"2017-01-26T23:39:13","slug":"britain-and-america-will-no-longer-invade-foreign-countries-to-make-the-world-in-their-own-image-pm-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2017\/01\/27\/britain-and-america-will-no-longer-invade-foreign-countries-to-make-the-world-in-their-own-image-pm-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Britain and America will no longer invade foreign countries &#8216;to make the world in their own image&#8217;, PM says"},"content":{"rendered":"<footer class=\"footer-author\">\n<div class=\"byline component  \">\n<h2><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span class=\"byline__author-name\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/authors\/harriet-alexander\/\">Harriet Alexander<\/a>, <\/span><span class=\"byline__author-location\">new york\u00a0Courtesy Telegraph (UK)<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"article-date component   article-date--live\"><span class=\"component-content\"><time class=\"article-date-published\" datetime=\"2017-01-26T23:12+0000\">26 JANUARY 2017 \u2022 11:12PM<\/time><\/span><\/span><\/footer>\n<article data-insert-mobile-adslot=\"\">\n<div class=\"articleBodyText section version-2\">\n<div class=\"article-body-text component  version-2\">\n<div class=\"component-content\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/2017\/01\/26\/britain-america-will-no-longer-invade-foreign-countries-make\/\">Theresa May delivers\u00a0speech in Philadelphia<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Warns Trump about threat of Russia<\/li>\n<li>Says it is bad for the world when US &amp; UK &#8220;step back&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>International institutions matter &#8211; but need reform<\/li>\n<li>Trump to impose 20pc tax on Mexican imports<\/li>\n<li>Mexican president cancels US visit over border wall row<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span class=\"m_first-letter\">T<\/span>heresa May has told Republicans in Philadelphia that relations between the UK and the US have &#8220;defined the world,&#8221; delivering a speech greeted by frequent loud applause.<\/p>\n<p>I speak to you not just as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, but as a fellow Conservative who believes in the same principles that underpin the agenda of your Party,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>The value of liberty. The dignity of work. The principles of nationhood, family, economic prudence, patriotism \u2013 and putting power in the hands of the people.<\/p>\n<p>I know that it is these principles that you have put at the heart of your plan for government.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Mrs May, the first foreign leader ever to address the annual Republican gathering, was also set to meet Donald Trump for the first time later today in Philadelphia &#8211;\u00a0telling reporters that &#8220;opposites attract,&#8221;\u00a0as she set out to forge the future of the special relationship.<\/p>\n<p>But she also told Mr Trump not to trust Vladimir Putin, the Russian president.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When it comes to Russia, as so often it is wise to turn to the example of President Reagan who &#8211; during negotiations with his opposite number Mikhail Gorbachev &#8211; used to abide by the adage &#8216;trust but verify&#8217;,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;With President Putin, my advice is to &#8216;engage but beware'&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Full Report<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/2017\/01\/26\/donald-trump-tells-mexican-president-pay-wall-cancel-visit-theresa\/\">http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/2017\/01\/26\/donald-trump-tells-mexican-president-pay-wall-cancel-visit-theresa\/<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Harriet Alexander, new york\u00a0Courtesy Telegraph (UK) 26 JANUARY 2017 \u2022 11:12PM Theresa May delivers\u00a0speech in Philadelphia Warns Trump about threat of Russia Says it is bad for the world when US &amp; UK &#8220;step back&#8221; International institutions matter &#8211; but need reform Trump to impose 20pc tax on Mexican imports Mexican president cancels US visit [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-62722","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62722","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62722"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62722\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62722"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62722"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62722"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}