Starmer & Macron: Reopening Strait of Hormuz

0:00On April 16, U.K. Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer is heading to Paris this Friday to co-host a big virtual summit with French President Emanuel. Macron on reopening the Strait of Hormuz. That key shipping lane handles about one-fifth of the world's oil, and right now it's shut down by Iran after strikes from the U.S. and Israel. In response, President Donald Trump kicked off a blockade on Iran's oil ports to hit their fuel exports hard. However plans to stress that getting the Strait open again is everyone's job. Pushing for a team effort to protect shipping routes and clear any. Minds. Around 40 countries, plus the International Maritime Organization, are joining the call. With Starmer's team including Foreign Secretary Avent, Cooper and top military brass. Folks are feeling the pinch from disrupted energy flows and trade, ramping up worries about global stability. The meeting zeroes in on backing the U.S. Iran's ceasefire before it runs out on Tuesday, while sketching plans for a multinational force to keep the.

1:02Straight safe once fighting stops. They're already lining up a follow-up military summit in London next week. Downing Street says joint defenses could launch soon, if things calm down, and Cooper's jetting off to Turkey, the Gulf States, and Japan to lock in. Support ahead of that deadline. This push aims to steady the shipping lanes and ease the oil crunch worldwide.