The trip by the US Secretary of State and British Foreign Secretary is a show of solidarity to Kyiv against the Russian invasion.America’s top diplomat was holding talks with Sir Keir Starmer and Mr Lammy over the Ukraine and Middle East wars.The discussions in London were being billed as on a strategic level, rather than responding to particular incidents.They come as Britain has been pushing allies to allow Ukraine to use long-range weapons supplied by the West to strike deep inside Russia.Putin’s military has been using “glide bombs” launched far behind frontlines to attack towns and cities in Ukraine with devastating impact.
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00:00But I believe that this format gives us an opportunity in a difficult, volatile, insecure
00:30world to remain strategically aligned on a whole range of issues. I know that would be a benefit
00:40to both of our countries. We are working hand in hand on all of the issues that matter most
00:46to our people that are having the biggest effect on their lives, as well as people around the world
00:51because of the impact that our two countries have well beyond our own borders, beyond our own shores.
00:56For us, the UK is the indispensable part when it comes to the very issues that Dave was talking
01:05about, whether it's dealing with the Russian aggression against Ukraine, whether it's dealing
01:09with the conflict in the Middle East, whether it's dealing with the challenge posed by China,
01:14and so many transnational issues that have no respect for borders and that have a profound
01:21impact on the lives of people around the world.