Streeting confirms Ukraine's Starlink access restored after Hegseth talks

UK Defence Secretary Wes Streeting confirmed that Ukraine's access to the Starlink satellite communications system has been restored, following assurances from US counterpart Pete Hegseth during a meeting in Washington. Streeting said the cause of the service disruption remains unclear, but he was directly reassured by Hegseth that the system is operational again. The meeting aimed to ease tensions between Washington and Kyiv, which have been strained by President Trump's stance on Ukraine and recent US policy shifts. The disruption followed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's claim that Trump had limited Ukraine's use of the vital terminals. Streeting invoked St Francis of Assisi in calling for harmony, while the US also withdrew bombers from RAF Fairford after a suspected Iran-backed terror plot.