US Vice-President JD Vance has raised questions about the UK's plans to recognise a Palestinian state, in a meeting with Foreign Secretary David Lammy.
The UK has said it will formally recognise a Palestinian state in September if Israel does not meet certain conditions.
But US President Donald Trump has not followed suit and believes that recognising Palestinian statehood would be rewarding Hamas.
The difference in approach to the war in Gaza is among the issues being discussed by Vance and Lammy at the foreign secretary's official country residence, Chevening House, in Kent on Friday.
Speaking alongside Lammy, Vance said: "The United Kingdom is going to make its decision.
