Donald Trump has told Sir Keir Starmer he should use the military to stop migrants crossing the Channel.

The US president made the suggestion while stood alongside the prime minister for a typically wide-ranging news conference on Thursday afternoon, bringing his state visit to Britain to an end.

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Speaking at Chequers, Sir Keir 's country retreat, Mr Trump warned illegal migration is "going to destroy [...] countries from within" and said "it doesn't matter if you call out the military" to deal with small boats.

He talked up his own record of stopping people crossing the US-Mexico border.

Sir Keir instead pointed to his government's migrant return deal with France, with the first deportation of a man who arrived via small boat taking

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