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"UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer insisted he's 'not going to yield' to pressure from the Trump administration while speaking in parliament on Wednesday, reaffirming that Britain would not 'get dragged into' the Iran war. "It is not our war, and a lot of pressure has been applied to me to take a different course, and that pressure included what happened last night. I'm not going to change my mind. I'm not going to yield. It is not in our national interest to join this war, and we will not do so," he said. The PM was responding to comments made by President Donald Trump during a recent interview, where he criticised the UK's stance and the 'special relationship', going so far as to threaten to 'rip up' the UK-US trade deal as a form of diplomatic and economic pressure. Addressing calls to cancel the upcoming state visit of King Charles to the United States, Starmer said the relationship between the two countries is "far greater than anyone who occupies any particular office at any particular time." "The purpose of the visit is to mark the 250th anniversary of relations and independence, obviously, of the US. The monarchy is an important reminder of the long-standing bonds and enduring relationship between our two countries," he added. Trump has recently described relations with the UK as in a 'sad state', saying that Britain was absent when the US needed them."
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