Starmer says alliance with US is 'indispensable' and Trump 'sincerely' wants peace despite backlash at bust-up with Zelensky - as PM vows push to spend 3% of GDP on defence
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Starmer says alliance with US is 'indispensable' and Trump 'sincerely' wants peace despite backlash at bust-up with Zelensky - as PM vows push to spend 3% of GDP on defence

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Keir Starmer insisted the alliance with the US is 'indispensable' today despite a backlash at Donald Trump's Oval Office bust-up. In a statement to MPs, Keir Starmer said 'nobody wants to see' the kind of clashes that happened between Volodymyr Zelensky and Donald Trump on Friday The White House row has sparked threats to stop US military support, with claims that the president is demanding a personal apology. After giving details of his meeting with Mr Trump, Sir Keir said: 'What happened in his subsequent meeting with president Zelensky is something nobody in this House wants to see. Mr Zelensky, Sir Keir and Emmanuel Macron in conversation at the summit yesterday Western allies are trying to get Mr Trump to stand by Ukraine after it was invaded by Russia He continued: 'We agreed on Sunday that those willing to play a role in this will intensify planning now, and as this House would expect Britain will play a leading role with, if necessary, and together with others, boots on the ground and planes in the air. The summit in London was already planned before the extraordinary on-camera slanging match between Donald Trump, his vice president JD Vance and Mr Zelensky Front row, left to right: Finland's President Alexander Stubb, France's President Emmanuel Macron, Keir Starmer, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Poland's PM Donald Tusk.

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