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Starmer and Trump Discuss Ukraine, Gaza and New UK Ambassador

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer

Photographer: Andy Rain/EPA/Bloomberg

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer and US President Donald Trump discussed Ukraine and Gaza during a pre-Christmas phone call on Sunday, according to a statement released by Downing Street in London.

Starmer also updated Trump on the choice of a new British ambassador to Washington after Peter Mandelson was fired in September over his relationship with the late disgraced financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.