Joe Biden urges Keir Starmer to get 'closer with Europe' as the new PM holds first talks with embattled US president amid push to renegotiate Brexit deal

Joe Biden has urged Britain to get 'closer pinch Europe' successful his first face-to-face talks pinch Keir Starmer.

The US president described nan UK arsenic nan 'transatlantic knot' binding nan 2 continents arsenic he met nan caller PM successful nan White House.

Sir Keir has vowed to renegotiate nan Brexit deal, pinch concerns that he could make concessions specified arsenic paying into Brussels budgets - though he has insisted Britain will not rejoin nan customs national aliases azygous market. 

Mr Biden has made awesome play of his Irish roots and -in opposition to his rival Donald Trump - was accused of taking nan EU's broadside during wrangling complete nan divorce.   

The gathering came arsenic Sir Keir made his debut connected nan world shape by attending a Nato summit successful Washington.

The premier said nan sojourn was an opportunity to 'recommit' nan subject confederation and nan 'special relationship'.

The President said: 'I benignant of spot you guys arsenic nan knot tying nan transatlantic confederation together, nan person you are pinch Europe. We cognize wherever you are, you cognize wherever we are.'

Sir Keir told nan president: 'The typical narration is truthful important. It's forged successful difficult circumstances, endured for truthful long, and stronger now than ever.

'I'm very pleased to beryllium capable to travel truthful early successful authorities to recommit to Nato, to recommit to nan typical narration and to talk these affairs pinch you.'

Boris Johnson has been among those informing that Labour will h2o down nan position agreed pinch nan EU.  

A UK Government spokesperson said Mr Biden and Sir Keir 'agreed we must proceed to do immoderate it takes to support Ukraine and guarantee aggressors for illustration Putin do not win'.

The spokesperson added: 'The President welcomed nan Prime Minister's caller comments connected establishing person relationships pinch our European counterparts, arsenic good arsenic nan UK's committedness to Aukus.'

The gathering came arsenic Sir Keir prepared to impulse Nato friends to support Ukraine for 'as agelong arsenic it takes' arsenic he confirmed nan UK's ain £3 cardinal a twelvemonth subject assistance for Kyiv will continue.

The PM, who met Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky successful nan margins of nan Nato acme successful Washington yesterday, will show members of nan confederation later that they request to nonstop a 'clear message' to Russian leader Vladimir Putin.

The UK's subject support for Ukraine will proceed until astatine slightest 2030/31 and for arsenic agelong arsenic it is needed.

At a typical convention connected Ukraine astatine nan Nato summit, Sir Keir will pass that nan frontline defence of nan Euro-Atlantic region is nan Ukrainian trenches.

He will say: 'Nato was founded by nan procreation who defeated fascism. They understood not conscionable nan worth of our strength, but nan spot of our values.

'Those values are nether onslaught erstwhile again. Putin needs to perceive a clear connection ringing retired from this acme – a connection of unity and determination, that we will support Ukraine pinch immoderate it takes, for arsenic agelong arsenic it takes, to uphold our shared values and our shared security.'

The Washington acme cemented Ukraine's 'irreversible' advancement towards Nato membership, pinch a associated connection by nan allies.

But because of Nato's Article V, which commits to communal defence, nan friends will not let Ukraine to subordinate while it is still astatine warfare arsenic that would trigger an contiguous conflict pinch Russia.

Nato friends are stepping up commitments connected Ukraine while they await nan results of November's US statesmanlike election, wherever Donald Trump has threatened to trim American support.

Concerns astir Mr Biden's scheme to tally for re-election were evident during his Oval Office gathering pinch Sir Keir.

The president did not straight respond to questions astir George Clooney's criticism, aft nan character and salient Democrat protagonist suggested he should time off nan race.