Vance says UK and US have ‘disagreements’ over Gaza, as he confirms Trump does not back Palestinian state recognition – as it happened

The US vice-president, JD Vance, and the UK foreign secretary, David Lammy, fishing at Chevening. Photograph: WPA/Getty ImagesThe US vice-president, JD Vance, and the UK foreign secretary, David Lammy, fishing at Chevening. Photograph: WPA/Getty ImagesShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featureFrom 8 Aug 2025Vance says UK and US have 'disagreements' over Gaza policy, as he confirms Trump does not back Palestinian state recognitionQ: What do you think of the UK’s decision to recognise the state of Palestine?Vance says this is one of the issues he and Lammy will discuss. He goes on:

double quotation markObviously, the United Kingdom is going to make its decision. We have no plans to recognise a Palestinian state.

I don’t know what it would mean to really recognise a Palestinian state, given the lack of functional government there.

And what the president has made very clear is our two goals are very simple right now, vis-a-vis the situation in Israel and Gaza.

Number one, we want to make it so that Hamas cannot attack innocent Israeli civilians ever again, and we think that has to come through the eradication of Hamas.