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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Alexandra Topping in Évian les-Bains

Starmer vows new sanctions on Russia and nuclear energy support for Ukraine

Keir Starmer arrives at the summit: he is snapped in closeup in front of a car, with large letters reading G7 in the red, white and blue of the French flag in the background.
Keir Starmer will announce sanctions against Russia at the G7 summit on Tuesday and is expected to meet the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Photograph: Ludovic Marin/AFP/Getty Images

Keir Starmer has vowed to “choke off” Russian revenue with further sanctions and to provide hundreds of millions of pounds worth of energy support for Ukraine, as he met world leaders in France for the G7.

After a torrid political week at home, the British prime minister sought to put himself on the front foot on the international stage at the meeting of the group of seven, which kicked off on Monday in the French spa town of Évian-les-Bains, on the shore of Lake Geneva.

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