Cooper Slams Iran Tolls, Push for Lebanon Peace

0:00On April 9, U.K. Foreign Secretary Avet Cooper is shutting down any talk of Iran, slapping tolls on ships passing through the strait of Hormuz. She says it's straight up illegal under international law of the sea, calling it a key transit route between the high seas for global trade. Earlier this week, Prime Minister Kier Starmer kicked off his Gulf trip, hitting the United Arab Emirates for talks with top leaders like Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahian. Cooper's been on morning radio rounds ahead of her big foreign policy speech tonight. Trump floated this wild idea of a joint U.S. Iran venture, letting Tehran charge $2 million per oil tanker, but Cooper's not having it. She stressed, freedom of navigation, here is vital for the world's economy, no room for territorial water claims. Cooper's also pushing hard for Lebanon to join in a U.S. Iran seaspired deal as part of a lasting peace. Meanwhile, party leaders like the Greens, Zach Polanski and Lib Dems, Ed Davy, are ramping

1:00up their election campaigns back home. With Starmer's UAE meetings wrapping up soon, and more interviews on deck, eyes stay glued on how the UK navigates these tense waters toward real, stability.