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Andy Burnham has said he trusts Donald Trump, ahead of crunch talks with the US President.
The Prime Minister has previously described Mr Trump's politics as 'poisonous' and said politicians engaging with him should be 'ashamed'.
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But, in a major shift, he said he now trusts the outspoken US President and views him as an 'ally'.
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Speaking to reporters en route to New York on Monday night, he said the so-called Special Relationship was 'as strong as it's ever been', adding: 'When you come into this job, you realise how deep this relationship is.'
Asked if he now trusts Mr Trump, the PM said: 'Yes, of course, you know, we trust, we trust our allies.
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Of course, we do.
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Pressed on whether he trusts the US President personally, he replied: 'Yes.'
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The olive branch to Mr Trump came ahead of his first face to face meeting with the US President.
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The two leaders are scheduled to hold talks at the UN General Assembly in New York.
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Andy Burnham spoke in Downing Street on Monday before flying to the US for the United Nations General Assembly, where he will host talks with President Donald Trump
Mr Trump previously dismissed the Prime Minister as 'the mayor of some town' and said his predecessor Sir Keir Starmer was 'no Winston Churchill'
Mr Burnham brushed off his past attacks on Mr Trump – and noted that the US President had once dismissed him as 'the mayor of some town'.
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He added: 'Politicians say things throughout their careers, but now the important thing is to focus on the moment you are in, and I did say to the President in our first phone call - I said - Mr President, Manchester isn't "some town", I said, this is Manchester.
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And so yes, the right thing to do is to have a laugh about it, isn't it, and move beyond it.
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The PM will today appeal to Mr Trump to stand by Britain and Europe amid the 'dark clouds of global instability'.
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He will urge the US President to stand firm with Nato against growing Russian provocation.
And he will call on him to take seriously the threat posed by AI - just days after the president branded it a 'hoax'.
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He will also meet European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen in a bid to revive Labour's troubled EU reset.
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Mr Burnham is braced to deal with a number of sensitive topics, including Mr Trump's opposition to Labour's deal to hand sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius and his recent ambiguity about US support for the UK's sovereignty of the Falklands.
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Mr Burnham said he would try to persuade Mr Trump to drop his outspoken opposition to Labour's controversial deal to hand sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius.
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He said he had reassured his Mauritian counterpart by phone that 'we remain determined to secure the long term operation of the base, which is crucial to our security and that of our allies'.
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He added: 'The assurance I gave was I will work towards a resolution, at the moment we don't have that, but I gave an assurance that I would commit to working towards one.'
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The PM's official spokesman said he would use the trip to forge links with world leaders 'to brighten a darkening global picture'.
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The PM will warn Mr Trump that safety concerns about AI cannot be ignored in the rush to harness huge potential benefits.
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He is expected to ask Mr Trump to ensure that US-based tech firms submit their latest AI models for testing by the UK's AI safety Institute.
And he will urge Mr Trump to co-operate with other world leaders in ensuring that AI does not become a threat to humanity.
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Mr Burnham boarded a plane at Stansted airport on Monday with his wife, Marie-France van Heel, before flying to New York
Speaking ahead of his visit to the US, he said international cooperation was needed to make sure 'rapidly changing technology is harnessed for good to make our countries safer and stronger'.
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Mr Burnham is due to be accompanied by his wife Marie-France van Heel on his visit to New York.
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He is due to hold face-to-face talks with President Trump at the UN before delivering a speech focused on the challenges and opportunities posed by AI in the evening.
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The PM will also lobby President Trump to step up support for Ukraine at a time when Nato is braced for fresh provocations from Vladimir Putin.
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He will also raise the continuing fallout from the war in the Middle East, which is pushing up energy prices across the world.
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But sources said he plans to use the gathering of world leaders in New York to focus on encouraging cooperation on AI.
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'We are at our strongest when we work with our partners to tackle the most complex shared challenges we face, driven by our values,' he said.
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'When the global financial crisis hit, the UK brought together the world's leading economies.
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As we confront the opportunities and challenges posed by artificial intelligence, we will show that same leadership, ensuring rapidly changing technology is harnessed for good to make our countries safer and stronger.
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Senior figures in the tech industry have issued a series of alarming warnings in recent weeks.
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The head of alignment at Anthropic said there was a 10 per cent chance that AI could 'kill all humans' within the next decade, leading the firm's boss Dario Amodei to call for an agreement to slow the pace of technology.
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President Trump dismissed warnings about the threat to life from AI as a 'hoax' designed to dent the lead of US firms in the race to produce super intelligence.
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The PM said the warnings had 'made me pause'.
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He said he believed AI could be a 'force for good' but said the risks had to be guarded against.
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He added: 'I note the president has I think said himself we need to be careful as well as look at the benefits, but be careful.
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And we've got to find that point of balance here, not all of a sudden turn against and become… a doom-monger about AI.
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I think you have to be clear-eyed about the huge benefits it can bring as well as recognising where we do need to be careful.'
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Officials believe the White House is also concerned about potential harms caused by the technology.
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At the weekend, Mr Trump announced the creation of a new 'AI Force' which would monitor the technology for 'bad' outcomes, which he said could be done 'very easily'.
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Britain and the US will today unveil a new 'AI and Autonomy partnership' aimed at using AI to help detect and counter potential threats to critical national infrastructure.
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