Wes Streeting warns of ‘disintegration’ of rules-based world order after Venezuela attack
by Jessica Elgot Deputy political editor from World news | The Guardian on (#72M4E)
UK health secretary declines to criticise Donald Trump directly but suggests he is disturbed by events of recent days
A senior British cabinet minister had warned of the disintegration" of the international rules-based system in the aftermath of the US capture of the Venezuelan president, Nicolas Maduro, saying the instability poses a threat to Britain.
Wes Streeting, the health secretary, declined to criticise Donald Trump directly and said that the prime minister, Keir Starmer, did not have the luxury of commentating" but suggested he was disturbed by the international picture, saying the rules-based order was creaking at the seams".
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