Keir Starmer says it is UK’s ‘job’ to help reopen strait of Hormuz

PM acknowleges it was ‘early days’ in restoring full shipping traffic to the strait as key maritime route reportedly closed again

The UK has a “job” to help reopen the strait of Hormuz, Keir Starmer has said, as Iranian reports said the key shipping route was closed again just hours after a supposed ceasefire.

The prime minister met UK and local personnel at an airbase in Taif, Saudi Arabia, at the start of what is expected to be a wider trip to Gulf allies, one billed by as a mirror to his efforts in pulling together a plan for how a ceasefire might operate in Ukraine.