The Week Ahead: Will Starmer Win Over Trump?
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BBC
4.3 • 6.6K Ratings
🗓️ 22 February 2025
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
Sir Keir Starmer is preparing for a trip to Washington on Thursday that he hopes will move Donald Trump away from a quick deal with Russia to end the war in Ukraine and get European allies back at the negotiating table.
The prime minister will have to walk a diplomatic tightrope in order to avoid the crossfire between Washington and Kyiv and repair transatlantic relationships.
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| 0:06.9 | Hello, Paddy O'Connell. |
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| 0:15.1 | No. |
| 0:15.7 | So it's no surprise. |
| 0:16.8 | This Saturday edition will focus on |
| 0:18.9 | Emanuel Macron and Keir Starma going to |
| 0:21.9 | Washington, D.C. And not just any place in Washington, D.C., the White House. |
| 0:26.7 | And we'll be joined also by the former UK National Security Advisor, |
| 0:30.0 | who was also UK ambassador to France, Lord Peter Brickets. |
| 0:34.0 | And he will join us a bit later in this Saturday's edition of Newscast. |
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