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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Peter Walker in Kananaskis

Starmer proves adept at juggling egos and issues at tricky G7 summit

Keir Starmer speaks to Emmanuel Macron, Mark Carney, Giorgia Meloni and Friedrich Merz
Keir Starmer speaks to Emmanuel Macron, Mark Carney, Giorgia Meloni and Friedrich Merz during the G7 summit in Kananaskis. Photograph: Simon Dawson/No 10 Downing Street

There was one defining image from Keir Starmer’s intense diplomatic shift at the G7 summit in Canada: him bending at Donald Trump’s waist level to collect spilled pages of a UK-US trade deal. Defining, perhaps. But definitely partial.

Arguably more significant was a slightly more prosaic snap slipped out on the Downing Street Flickr feed a day before, showing Starmer engrossed in a chat with four other world leaders, Emmanuel Macron, Mark Carney, Giorgia Meloni and Friedrich Merz.

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