Keir Starmer Slams Trump Over Lebanon Assaults and Rising Power Payments

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Keir Starmer Slams Trump Over Lebanon Assaults and Rising Power Payments

2 min learnApr 10, 2026 08:08 PM IST

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has expressed his frustration with US President Donald Trump amid the continued state of affairs in West Asia, evaluating him with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Starmer, whereas on a visit to the Gulf, stated he’s sad with the rise in home price of dwelling in the course of the warfare between Iran and the USA. Talking to UK broadcaster ITV, the UK prime minister stated, “I’m fed up with the truth that households throughout the nation see their payments go up and down on vitality, companies’ payments go up and down on vitality due to the actions of Putin or Trump internationally.”

He additionally disagreed with Trump over the continued Israeli assaults on Lebanon, saying that the strikes “shouldn’t be taking place”.

“That ought to cease – that’s my sturdy view – and due to this fact, the query isn’t a technical one in all whether or not it’s a breach of the settlement or not,” he stated.

Each the US and Israel have insisted that Lebanon is just not coated by the ceasefire settlement with Iran, whereas Tehran stated that it’s.

Talking in regards to the ceasefire settlement, Starmer stated, “We haven’t all bought entry to all the small print of the ceasefire.”

“Let me be actually clear about it – they’re unsuitable,” he added.

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Starmer additionally held a dialog with Donald Trump on Thursday concerning army capabilities and the logistics of shifting vessels by way of the Strait ⁠of Hormuz amid the continued ceasefire.

“We’ve been pulling collectively a coalition of nations … engaged on a political, ⁠diplomatic plan, but additionally taking a look at army capabilities and … the ‌logistics of really shifting vessels by way of the Strait,” the UK PM stated.

“That was the main target of the dialogue final night time – reflection on ⁠what I’ve ⁠been discussing right here, but additionally that concentrate on a sensible ⁠plan ‌in relation to navigation by way of the Strait,” he stated, with out offering additional particulars.

Requested if he raised US threats of ‌withdrawing from NATO with Trump, Starmer didn’t reply instantly however stated the alliance was in each the U.S. ⁠and Europe’s pursuits.

(With inputs from Reuters)

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