Joe Biden arrives at Number 10 for talks with Prime Minister Rishi Sunak
At around 10.40am today Mr Biden's limo nicknamed 'The Beast' and his presidential motorcade arrived at Downing Street for the meeting.
Rishi Sunak has not directly criticised Mr Biden over cluster bombs but the Government has reiterated the UK stance of being signed up to the Convention on Cluster Munitions, an international treaty which bans the production or use of the weapons.Nato partner nation New Zealand said on Sunday the munitions could cause "huge damage to innocent people".
Cluster munitions can kill indiscriminately, hitting civilians as well as soldiers, and can remain a danger for decades after the end of a war.Nick Ferrari at Breakfast He explained: "Cluster bombs are a particular type of munition that detonate before they strike the ground and the concern is that some of those bomblets don’t explode and so that means you have contaminated land and there is a real risk to civilians.
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