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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Rowena Mason

Keir Starmer heads to US for summit at UN as aides seek meetings with Harris and Trump

Keir Starmer, Joe Biden and David Lammy sit at a table
Joe Biden and Keir Starmer discussing support for Ukraine earlier this month. The prime minister will hold bilateral talks with a number of international leaders on his trip to the US. Photograph: Yuri Gripas/EPA

Keir Starmer is heading to the US for his third trip in three months, with aides pressing for meetings with the presidential candidates Kamala Harris and Donald Trump.

Fresh from his speech at the Labour conference, the prime minister headed to the United Nations general assembly in New York where the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, will be pushing for a deal on the use of Storm Shadow missiles against Russia.

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