Sir Keir Starmer said Nato was "in America's interests" but European members must strengthen their commitment in the wake of the Middle East ceasefire after Donald Trump stepped up threats to pull out of the military alliance.The Prime Minister, who has been visiting allies in the Gulf for talks on how to support what he described as a "fragile" truce, said the bloc had "kept us much safer than we would otherwise have been".

Sir Keir Starmer said Nato was "in America's interests" but European members must strengthen their commitment in the wake of the Middle East ceasefire after Donald Trump stepped up threats to pull out of the military alliance.The Prime Minister, who has been visiting allies in the Gulf for talks on how to support what he described as a "fragile" truce, said the bloc had "kept us much safer than we would otherwise have been".