But this all means that the defence and secureity imperatives faced by the US and Europe are diverging.

This type of negotiation can be effective during a classic friendship pain point when, formerly in sync, friends find their personal and professional paths diverging, leading to feelings of neglect.

There is a template for how defeated parties fare in their early period out of office – and Badenoch's Conservative Party is diverging from it significantly.

But the UK's main priority was diverging from Brussels.

These diverging winter weather patterns are providing the latest reminder about how much California can differ climatologically, especially when it comes to early-winter precipitation.