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UK's Starmer heads to China to repair ties as he navigates tensions with US

 Published: 16:52, 27 January 2026

UK's Starmer heads to China to repair ties as he navigates tensions with US

Prime Minister Keir Starmer will fly to China on Tuesday on the first visit by a British leader in eight years, in a bid to mend ties with the world's second-largest economy and reduce its dependence on an increasingly unpredictable United States.

Starmer is the latest western leader to visit China, and his trip comes amid tensions between Britain and its longstanding closest ally - the United States - over President Donald Trump's threats to take control of Greenland.

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