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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Peter Walker Senior political correspondent

Remaining in Nato is in best interests of US, says Keir Starmer

Keir Starmer and Mohammed bin Abdulaziz al-Khulaifi share a joke on the red carpet at Doha airport
Starmer with Qatar’s minister of state, Mohammed bin Abdulaziz al-Khulaifi, at the end of his trip to the Gulf on Friday. Photograph: Alastair Grant/PA

Keir Starmer has said it is in the best interests of the US to stay in Nato and that Europe must do more to support the alliance in light of the war in Iran.

The British prime minister, speaking at the end of a multi-stop trip around the Gulf to discuss the tentative ceasefire and options to fully reopen the commercially vital strait of Hormuz, pushed back against Donald Trump’s threats to leave the defence alliance.

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