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Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer says that the 'hard yards' of bolstering Arctic security can begin as Donald Trump dropped the threats of tariffs against European nations opposed to his ambitions to annex Greenland.The Prime Minister said the US president’s shift in position was “good news” as he spoke with local residents on a visit to Hertfordshire on Thursday.

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00:00Forgive me, I think you will have noticed that the last few days have been incredibly serious in relation to big things happening on the world stage.
00:10And you may have seen, but it is a good thing, that yesterday the threat of tariffs against the United Kingdom was lifted.
00:19And now we can start the hard yards of finding a way forward on security in the Arctic,
00:25which may seem a long way away, pretty remote, but actually does matter to all of us in terms of the safety and security of our country.
00:32And we've got through the last few days with a mix of British pragmatism, common sense,
00:40but also that British sense of sticking to our values and our principles.
00:46But now, as I say, the hard yards of actually finding a better way for security for our country, for Europe and across the globe.
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