UK to host multi-nation meeting on Hormuz shipping Thursday

Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced the meeting earlier Wednesday, while a UK official told AFP the meeting would be virtual and held on Thursday. UK Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper will host the discussions, Starmer told reporters during a Downing Street news conference. The meeting will "assess all viable diplomatic and political measures that we can take to restore freedom of navigation, guarantee the safety of trapped ships and seafarers and resume the movement of vital commodities", he added.