Wednesday evening UK news briefing: The power players in Boris Johnson and Joe Biden's White House meeting

Evening briefing: Today's essential headlines

Lagging behind | One of Insulate Britain's organisers has failed to insulate his own home, it emerged as he stormed off a TV set. It comes as National Highways was granted an injunction against the M25 protesters, which came into effect this afternoon and means activists will face possible imprisonment, Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said.

• Sleepover deaths | Man charged with murder of partner and children

• Baby death | Newborn died in prison cell as teenage mother left alone

• 'Stitch-up' | Starmer in firing line over next Labour leadership election

• All change | Only 20pc of passengers wear masks on public transport

• 'Sexist' | Councillor suspended after asking women to stand at awards

The big story: The power players in the UK-US meeting

It was a balanced line up that reflected the importance both sides attach to their alliance, and current British and American foreign policy priorities.

Boris Johnson held his bilateral meeting with Joe Biden in the Oval Office in the White House and the pair were surrounded by their team of power players.

Find out who was in the room when the pair met.

Mr Biden had earlier refused to take questions from American reporters before his aides chivvied them away from a meeting with the Prime Minister.

Members of the press were said to be "startled" by the "aggressiveness" of the White House communications team during the Oval Office talks.

Watch as the President's media team begin shouting and herding reporters out of the room while Mr Johnson speaks.

Nile Gardiner sets out why Mr Biden's reputation is in tatters.

Earlier today Mr Johnson met the Senate leadership and also spoke alongside House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi in the Capitol Building, discussing the importance of standing up for democracy at the scene of the pro-Donald Trump insurrection in January.

The Prime Minister laid a wreath at Arlington cemetery before heading from Washington back to New York, where he will meet the UN secretary general among other dignitaries. Follow his US visit here.

Chinese phones warning

Mr Johnson will hope the defining moment of his trip will come when he gives a speech to the UN General Assembly, expected in the early hours UK time.

He will be pressing his climate change agenda ahead of the Cop26 summit in Glasgow. Earlier, Chinese leader Xi Jinping used his address at the United Nations General Assembly to say China would not build new coal-fired power projects abroad, adding to pledges to deal with climate change.

Mr Xi's announcement, which was welcomed by US climate envoy John Kerry, comes on a tricky day for China, after a report urged consumers to stop using smartphones made by Chinese company Xiaomi after their built-in censorship capabilities were revealed.

'Prenez un grip'

While in Washington, the Prime Minister did not shy away from questions about the escalating diplomatic row over the submarine deal agreed between the UK, US and Australia.

He said France should "prenez un grip and donnez-moi un break" after the country sought solidarity from the EU over the Aukus deal, comparing it to Brexit and suggesting it could put talks over Northern Ireland at risk.

Yet is there more to Paris' fury than being blindsided by the pact, which included an agreement to build nuclear submarines and meant that Australia pulled out of a £72.8billion deal to buy diesel-powered French vessels?

Robert Tombs argues that for 200 years, the French have seen themselves as a global superpower, and they are struggling to cope with reality.

Comment and analysis

• Simon Heffer | Replacing 'batsman' with 'batter' is woke posturing

• Madeline Grant | Our universities are rotting from the inside out

• Nina Power | Ofcom's policing of political language is chilling

• John Lough | Russia outmanoeuvred Germany on Nord Stream 2

• Ben Habib | Lord Frost must be prepared to invoke Article 16

Around the world: Trump sues niece Mary and NYT

Former US president Donald Trump has filed a $100 million (£73m) lawsuit against his estranged niece Mary Trump and The New York Times, alleging they engaged in "an insidious plot" to obtain his tax returns for the paper's Pulitzer Prize-winning investigation of his finances. The lawsuit, filed in Dutchess County, New York state, says that New York Times reporters Susanne Craig, David Barstow and Russ Buettner conducted "an extensive crusade to obtain Donald J. Trump's confidential tax records." The lawsuit has not gone down well.

Wednesday big-read

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Two-time winning European Ryder Cup captain Tony Jacklin reveals how he found love after losing his wife - and how he has been battling cancer in secret for five years

Read his full story

Sport briefing: Kinnear's family reveal his dementia

The family of Joe Kinnear have announced that the former Tottenham defender and Wimbledon manager is living with dementia, and have called for urgent action to tackle the national game's care crisis. Read the hard-hitting exclusive interview. Sticking with football, the issue of Paul Pogba's contract situation will be a pebble in the shoe for Manchester United this season no matter how well they do. There are suggestions he wants more than £400k a week and Luke Edwards analyses why they must give the midfielder what he wants. In rugby, with Eddie Jones signalling that his coaching tenure will come to an end after the 2023 World Cup, the Telegraph examines some of the options to replace him.

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Business briefing: Kwarteng eyes energy windfall tax

The Business Secretary said today he has not ruled out a windfall tax on generators and traders that are making money from surging wholesale gas prices. "We are looking at all options," Kwasi Kwarteng told MPs, when asked about following Spain's example and introducing a limit on windfall profits for power utilities. It comes as two more energy suppliers collapsed, affecting around 835,000 customers. Our liveblog will keep you up to date while Sam Brodbeck declares it will be good riddance to the tin-pot energy suppliers the crisis will kill off.

Tonight starts now

Y: The Last Man | What would the world be like if all the men were wiped out at a stroke? Some might suggest it would be a lot better, barring taking the bins out and putting up the occasional wonky picture. Y: The Last Man, however, a new giga-busting drama on Disney+ that posits the same question, can think of nothing but downsides.

Three things for you

• Watch | Prince Philip: The Royal Family Remembers, BBC One, 9pm

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• Play | Telegraph Puzzles offers today's crossword, sudoko and more

And finally... for this evening's downtime

Nurture over nature? | A new study has reopened Pandora's box when it comes to attitudes to autism. Luke Mintz asks if parents can really reduce their child's chance of developing the condition.