Britain’s outgoing Prime Minister Keir Starmer has been awarded France’s highest honour, in recognition of his work on the security of Europe and Ukraine.

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President Emmanuel Macron's office said he presented Starmer with the Legion d'honneur on Monday in Paris, where he was attending a summit of Ukraine's allies.