Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaks at an event for representatives of the Civil Nuclear industry, at a reception at Lancaster House in central London on 15 September 2025, to mark the announcement of a new UK-US partnership on nuclear
Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaks at an event for representatives of the Civil Nuclear industry, at a reception at Lancaster House in central London on 15 September 2025, to mark the announcement of a new UK-US partnership on nuclear

Britain recognises 'the State of Palestine'

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Sunday said Britain was formally recognising a State of Palestine, in a historic shift in decades of British foreign policy.

"Today, to revive the hope of peace for the Palestinians and Israelis, and a two-state solution, the United Kingdom formally recognises the State of Palestine," Starmer said in a message on X.