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impact, reared its Medusa-like head. Again. "No worries," Spain's determined-to-appear calm prime minister, Pedro Sanchez, said to waiting journalists as he arrived at the leaders' summit. "We are fulfilling our obligations
security still depends in part on imports and foreign exchange, another channel of pressure.” But, Hassan cautioned, Iran has also built “resilient architecture” during decades of surviving US-led sanctions. It already has millions
security, and prosperity”. China appears to be denying that it has detained Panama-flagged ships. Addressing the crisis on Wednesday, Lin Jian, a spokesperson for China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said the US accusations
conflict – [had concluded](/news/2026/5/6/iran-war-day-68-trump-talks-about-progress-in-talks-rubio-says-war-over) as its objectives had been achieved. Washington now prefers “the path of peace”, Rubio said. On the same day, US President Donald Trump announced that the US [military operation](/news/2026/5/5/centcom-says-project-freedom-has-just-2
security](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/27/white-house-press-dinner-shooting-security). - **Follow the latest updates** in our liveblog [here](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2026/apr/27/white-house-correspondents-dinner-shooting-suspect-charges-donald-trump-king-charles-latest-news-updates). ## **No headway in Middle East peace efforts as US and Iran refuse to yield** ![Iran’s foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi
impact of the United States-Israeli war on Iran and the shutdown of the Strait of Hormuz on the world economy. The war has damaged energy infrastructure across the Gulf, while critical exports like
Iran. High oil and gas prices and energy shortages triggered by the recent war have created what the Executive Director of the International Energy Agency, Fatih Birol, has called "[the mother of all energy crises
secure passage for non-Iranian ships in order to restart the flow of oil through the strait – and White House officials have briefed some US media that more than 20 vessels not linked to Iran
Iran is likely to have a severe knock-on effect on the NHS. Photograph: Meysam Mirzadeh/Tasnim/AFP/Getty In response, NHS England has increased purchases of drugs and devices to build up buffers. While there
conflict in Iran and the wider Middle East, with a fragile ceasefire holding for now. There's the host, President Donald Trump, who recently faced criticism for appearing to depict himself in an AI image