In a wood-panelled chamber in the Château de Ripaille — a stone’s throw from Lake Geneva — Sir Keir Starmer showed few signs of stress as he spoke fluently about various geopolitical issues thrashed out by world leaders at this week’s G7 summit.
The UK prime minister welcomed Donald Trump’s impending deal to end the Iran war, emphasised a tightening of British sanctions against Russia over its full-scale invasion of Ukraine and shared his views on topics from AI to critical mineral supplies.