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Starmer and Trump Discuss Restoring Shipping in the Strait of Hormuz

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and US President Donald Trump discussed the urgent need to restore commercial shipping through the Strait of Hormuz during a call on Sunday, a Downing Street spokesperson confirmed, in what signals a coordinated Western push to stabilise a waterway carrying roughly a fifth of the world's oil supply.

By Monexus Staff Writer·middle-east·1-minute read·26 Apr 2026·Live on the wire ↗

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