President Joe Biden touched down at Stansted yesterday evening ahead of tea with the King and a meeting with the Prime Minister. The visit takes place before he heads to Lithuania for the Nato summit.
While the West remains united in its support for Ukraine, tensions are rising to the surface, not least over the use of cluster bombs. Britain, a signatory of the Convention on Cluster Munitions, which prohibits the production or use of the weapons, remains opposed. But the Americans suggest they are necessary due to Ukraine’s low stocks. Then there is Kyiv’s future membership of the alliance, over which Washington appears to be more cautious.
