Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said the clash in the Oval Office made him feel "uncomfortable" but he decided to "roll up my sleeves" rather than "ramp up the rhetoric" in response. The PM will gather European leaders in London to forge a common position on ending the war in Ukraine,

Keir Starmer told Nigel Farage to stop “fawning over Putin” as the pair clashed over the Ukraine crisis. The prime minister was responding to a Commons question from the Reform UK leader about how many British troops may be needed to keep the peace if a deal to end the war is agreed.

European leaders were meeting in London on Saturday hoping shore up support for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy after President Donald Trump berated him live on television, calling into question the future American assistance in the war wth Russia.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer addressed free speech in the United Kingdom nearly two weeks after Vice President JD Vance scolded Europe over what he viewed as dangerous censorship. Sitting close to Starmer and President Donald Trump in the Oval Office,