Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer sits with Beverley Knight (left) and Richard Angell, from the Terrence Higgins Trust, as he takes a HIV test to raise awareness for National HIV Testing Week, inside 10 Downing Street, in central London on February 7, 2025. National HIV Testing Week 2025 runs from February 10 to February 16. AFP PHOTO

By Agence France-Presse

February 10, 2025

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LONDON — Keir Starmer has urged other world leaders to take an HIV test, after becoming the first serving British prime minister and G7 leader to take a public test on camera.

His office on Monday released footage of the UK leader completing a rapid home test in Downing Street on Friday, in support of a week-long nationwide initiative to encourage HIV testing.

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