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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Kiran Stacey and Sammy Gecsoyler

MPs across UK parties criticise ministers over cautious stance on Venezuela attack

Yvette Cooper in the Commons with secretary of state for defence, John Healey, on her left.
The foreign secretary, Yvette Cooper, makes a statement in the Commons on Monday about the US raid on Venezuela over the weekend to capture Nicolás Maduro. The secretary of state for defence, John Healey, is on her left. Photograph: House of Commons/UK Parliament/PA

MPs have attacked UK ministers over their refusal to criticise Donald Trump’s attack on Venezuela, as Keir Starmer attempts to walk a fine line between defending international law and keeping the US president on side.

Labour, Conservative and Liberal Democrat MPs rounded on the foreign secretary, Yvette Cooper, on Monday night as frustration grew over the government’s cautious response to the US capture of the Venezuelan president, Nicolás Maduro.

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