Mark Rutte, Nato’s secretary general, said it was “not a difficult thing” to get members to agree to raise defence spending to 5% of GDP because of the rising threat from Russia – and stressed that Trump remained “absolutely” committed to supporting the alliance. In an interview on the eve of the western alliance’s summit, […]
Any Iranian move to close the strait of Hormuz waterway would be an act of monumental self-harm, said David Lammy, the UK foreign secretary, as he continued to refuse to endorse the Israeli and American strikes on Iran, or lay out the UK view of their lawfulness. Lammy said there was no need for the
Keir Starmer has warned of a “risk of escalation” in the Middle East and beyond as a result of the US bombing of Iran, but said he backed the strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities and called on Tehran to return to negotiations. The prime minister, who was quick to clarify that the UK had not