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Keir Starmer says it is UK’s ‘job’ to help reopen strait of Hormuz https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/08/keir-starmer-says-it-is-uks-job-to-help-reopen-strait-of-hormuz #StraitOfHormuz #KeirStarmer #UkNews #UsisraelWarOnIran #DonaldTrump #DefencePolicy
Starmer says UK wants to help reopen strait of Hormuz as route closes again

PM is in Saudi Arabia at start of an expected wider trip to Gulf allies, who may view him as more reliable than Trump

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World news | The GuardianApr 1
Iran war shows UK needs ‘ambitious’ new EU ties, Starmer says, as Trump again criticises Nato https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/01/uk-needs-ambitious-new-eu-ties-amid-iran-war-starmer-says #EuropeanUnion #Politics #KeirStarmer #DefencePolicy #UsisraelWarOnIran #UkNews #Europe #EconomicPolicy #ForeignPolicy
Starmer calls for ‘ambitious’ new UK-EU ties as Trump threatens to quit Nato

PM to focus on European defence and economic partnership for ‘dangerous world’, in pivot away from US

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Environment | The Guardian USMar 31
More drilling in North Sea ‘not the answer’ for UK energy security, say former military leaders https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/mar/31/drilling-north-sea-not-the-answer-uk-energy-security #Oil #Gas #RenewableEnergy #FossilFuels #Oil #Environment #UkNews #Energy #EnergyIndustry #OilAndGasCompanies #DefencePolicy
More drilling in North Sea ‘not the answer’ for UK energy security, say former military leaders

Government told to focus on transition to mix of wind, solar, tidal and nuclear energy

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World news | The GuardianMar 24
Tuesday briefing: With the horror of conflict throughout the globe, how likely is world war three? https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/24/tuesday-briefing-with-the-horror-of-conflict-throughout-the-globe-how-likely-is-world-war-three #DefencePolicy #Politics #WorldNews #UkNews #EuropeanUnion #UsNews #UsisraelWarOnIran #MiddleEastAndNorthAfrica #China #Military
Tuesday briefing: With the horror of conflict throughout the globe, how likely is world war three?

In today’s newsletter: Our diplomatic editor on how global instability feeds into conflict in so many parts of the world, and whether the threshold for a major global war has been met

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World news | The GuardianMar 23
Starmer’s liaison committee jaunt was largely soporific – just as he’d wanted | John Crace https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/mar/23/starmers-liaison-committee-jaunt-was-largely-soporific-just-as-hed-wanted #HouseOfCommons #UsisraelWarOnIran #DefencePolicy #Politics #UkNews
Starmer’s liaison committee jaunt was largely soporific – just as he’d wanted

Every PM hopes to emerge having said nothing that makes the news, and with Iran centre-stage Keir played a blinder

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World news | The GuardianMar 23
British destroyer HMS Dragon arrives in eastern Mediterranean https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/mar/23/british-destroyer-hms-dragon-arrives-in-eastern-mediterranean #DefencePolicy #JohnHealey #UsisraelWarOnIran #Cyprus #Military #UkNews #ForeignPolicy
British destroyer HMS Dragon arrives in eastern Mediterranean

Ship arrives three weeks after Iranian-made drone hit British base of RAF Akrotiri on Cyprus

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World news | The GuardianMar 23
Is Iran really able to strike London, and is the UK prepared for an attack? https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/23/is-iran-able-strike-london-is-uk-prepared #UsisraelWarOnIran #Iran #DefencePolicy #Military #Nato #MiddleEastAndNorthAfrica #Politics #UkNews #WorldNews
Is Iran really able to strike London, and is the UK prepared for an attack?

After Tehran targeted the UK-US base on Diego Garcia, Israel’s military said European capitals were also at risk

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Opinion | The Guardian USMar 21
Love Actually? Washington’s current relationship with Britain is more like Contempt Actually | Timothy Garton Ash https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/mar/21/britain-us-special-relationship-trump-starmer #ForeignPolicy #DefencePolicy #KeirStarmer #DonaldTrump #Brexit #EuropeanUnion #Politics #UsPolitics #UkNews #UsNews #WorldNews #Europe
Love Actually? Washington’s current relationship with Britain is more like Contempt Actually

If the UK wants to regain serious respect in the world, it needs its European leg as well as its transatlantic one, says Guardian columnist Timothy Garton Ash

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World news | The GuardianMar 20
Is it time for the UK to acknowledge the ‘rhetoric to reality gap’ on its military power? https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/mar/20/britain-defence-policy-military-power-world-stage #DefencePolicy #Military #UsisraelWarOnIran #WorldNews #Politics #UkNews #Cyprus #Europe #KeirStarmer
Is it time for the UK to acknowledge the ‘rhetoric to reality gap’ on its military power?

Forces have been stripped back since the cold war but political stasis is dangerous in the face of growing global threats

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Opinion | The Guardian USMar 16
The Guardian view on Trump’s war with Iran: if the US is winning, why ask Nato for help? | Editorial https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/mar/16/the-guardian-view-on-trumps-war-with-iran-if-the-us-is-winning-why-ask-nato-for-help #UsisraelWarOnIran #DonaldTrump #Nato #Iran #Oil #DefencePolicy #Hezbollah #Houthis #WorldNews #MiddleEastAndNorthAfrica
The Guardian view on Trump’s war with Iran: if the US is winning, why ask Nato for help?

Editorial: The US has overwhelming military power. Yet the battle has moved to oil routes, alliances and domestic politics – where Tehran is testing western unity

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