Prime Minister Keir Starmer has spoken to US President Donald Trump on the phone this afternoon.
He extended his best wishes to the president and first lady following the “shocking scenes at last night’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner”, according to a Downing Street spokesperson.
The PM expressed his relief that they were safe, and wished a speedy recovery to the officer injured in the incident, the spokesperson adds.
The two leaders also discussed the situation in the Middle East and the “urgent need to get shipping moving again in the Strait of Hormuz, given the severe consequences for the global economy”.
