Emmanuel Macron’s position on a Palestinian state “doesn’t matter,” President Donald Trump said after the French president announced he would recognise the war-torn territory as a state.

U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday dismissed French President Emmanuel Macron's plan to recognize a Palestinian state at the United Nations General Assembly in September.

Starmer is already committed to recognising a state of Palestine which he has described as “an inalienable right”, but, unlike French president Emmanuel Macron, he has resisted doing so immediately. While Starmer does not need US approval, coordinating foreign policy with the US has long been a key strategy.