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strait of Hormuz. Trump, however, repeatedly complained about the lack of military support provided by the UK
Strait of Hormuz route. Spain has refused to allow the use of air bases on its territory for attacks on Iran. The US has two military bases in Spain, Naval Station Rota and Morón
military support in the strait of Hormuz. The US president also threatened consequences for countries such as Spain, including troop withdrawals, and accused allies including the UK
supporting the bombing of Iran, at one point describing the Royal Navy’s aircraft carriers as “toys”. Military cooperation between the US and the UK is at a low point, with the two countries
UK time on Monday, the US military's Central Command (Centcom) posted that its forces "will begin supporting Project Freedom, 4 May, to restore freedom of navigation for commercial shipping through the Strait of Hormuz
support”](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/11/donald-trump-ceasefire-with-iran-on-life-support-reject-peace-proposals) and that he is considering restarting US navy military escorts of ships through the strait of Hormuz in an attempt to end the Iranian blockade. 3. ***Cost of living*** | Households
strait of Hormuz only once “the war is over”. Robertson emphasised that Trump did not represent the full spectrum of American opinion, but said the UK needed to accept the president’s behaviour was also
Strait of Hormuz. Days after the war began – and after Starmer initially refused to allow US forces to use UK military bases for strikes on Iran – Trump described the British leader as “not Winston Churchill
Strait of Hormuz, the US military said. - **Global condemnation:** The alleged Iranian attacks on the UAE have triggered widespread international condemnation from Qatar, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, the GCC and the EU. ## War diplomacy - **Canada
Strait of Hormuz – and the US counter-blockade. Traditionally an arch trans-Atlanticist, Prime Minister Donald Tusk of Poland openly questioned this week whether the US would actually come to its allies' aid militarily
Hormuz, he said. But Trump this week said the blockade was more effective than bombing, while [Iran’s supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, hailed a “new chapter” for the strait](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/30/iran-supreme-leader-issues-defiant-statement-on-strait-of-hormuz) – suggesting neither side
military’s Middle East command Centcom said it stopped 10 vessels from sailing out of Iranian ports** during the first 48 hours of the US naval blockade. But ship tracking data indicated at least three
UK Hormuz mission:** France and Britain will lead a multinational effort to safeguard freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz “as soon as conditions allow,” British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said. - **China visit hinted
support. Initially, the UK did not authorise US planes to launch attacks on Iran from two British bases. Starmer later [greenlighted their use](/features/2026/3/2/starmer-lets-us-use-bases-for-iran-clash-uks-military-legal-quagmire) for what he called “defensive purposes”. The recent Pentagon email relayed
supporting the US and Israeli war against Iran, as well as subsequent efforts to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. “Now that the Hormuz Strait situation is over, I received a call from NATO asking
UK and France would lead a “strictly peaceful and defensive” multinational mission to protect freedom of navigation as soon as conditions allow. ## France Speaking after the gathering, Macron said, “We all demand the full, immediate
military involvement. Thomas Pugh, chief economist at the consulting firm RSM UK, said: “The Strait of Hormuz has effectively been shut since early March. The International Energy Agency called it the largest supply disruption
strait of Hormuz,** Downing Street said. A spokesperson said: “The summit will advance work towards a coordinated, independent, multinational plan to safeguard international shipping once the conflict ends.” - **Foreign ministers from 17 countries, including
military support for his war, have focused on building a defensive non-belligerent naval alliance to police the freedom of navigation in the strait of Hormuz, but only after the conflict ends. The plan requires
strait of Hormuz as the US and Iran doubled down on imposing separate blockades of the shipping waterway. 3. ***West Bank*** | Two Palestinians, including a [14-year-old schoolboy](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/22/palestinian-boy-14-among-two-killed-in-settler-attack-west-bank-school), were killed