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Sir Keir Starmer braced the UK for a long war in the Middle East as he addressed the nation from 10 Downing Street.The Prime Minister told a press conference on Thursday afternoon: “This conflict could continue for some time.”He also insisted the UK-US “special relationship” was operating “right here”, following criticism from Donald Trump over Britain’s response to the conflict.The PM said he stood by his decision not to join the US in striking Iran.

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00:00Prime Minister, Donald Trump has suggested that you've ruined the special relationship,
00:04you are no Churchill. On the special relationship, is he right on that? Have you ruined the special
00:09relationship? The special relationship is in operation right now. We're working with the
00:16Americans in the deployment from our bases. We are working together in the region, the US and the
00:24British working together to protect both the US and the British in joint bases where we're jointly
00:29located and we're sharing intelligence on 24-7 basis in the usual way. That is the special
00:36relationship. That is a special relationship in operation. Clearly, it's for the President to
00:43take decisions that he considers in the natural interest the right decisions for the US. I
00:49understand that. I respect that. But equally, it's for me as the British Prime Minister to take decisions
00:56that I consider to be in the best interest of the United Kingdom. There's nothing controversial
01:01about that. The special relationship is operating right here at an important point.
01:07that the eastern島 during October of implementation charging is collected in intelligence. So in particular,
01:10let's use the double- arterialprose鍵 on terms of taking COVID-19, the first
01:11state of the United Kingdom, so there's no support for the people inside of the United Kingdom. So in
01:12adding a broader Superintendent 2020 over the two years 1948. So for the political
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