Watch live: Starmer grilled in parliament after Trump declares US should take over Gaza
Watch live: Starmer grilled in parliament after Trump declares US should take over Gaza
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Watch live as Sir Keir Starmer faces Prime Minister’s Questions after Donald Trump announced his plan for the US to take over Gaza and turn the war-torn strip into “the Riviera of the Middle East”. The newly-inaugurated US president also said Palestinians should move out of the region in comments made during a joint conference with Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu. In response, environment secretary Steve Reed insisted Palestinians “must be able to return to their homes and rebuild their shattered lives”.
Mr Reed said that “lasting peace” could only be secured through a two-state solution. Foreign secretary David Lammy said the way forward was a two-state solution to the conflict and said Israel should exist alongside “a free and viable Palestinian state”. The debate over the future of Gaza comes just days after Mr Trump suggested he was poised to expand his tariff regime to both the UK and the EU.
