Alexis Christophorus

Those talk-stormer references are happening later today in London, and the US is not expected to attend.

And gold declined after President Trump's speech offered little clarity on a resolution to the war.

Silver also fell sharply.

Spot gold tumbled as much as 4.3 percent, breaking a four-day winning streak.

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I'm Alexis Christophorus.

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Here are the stories we're following today.

But there's one goal that the Trump administration is leaving unsaid, as we hear from Bloomberg Middle East correspondent Jumana Bersetchi in Dubai.

Bloomberg's Jumana Bersetchi reports President Trump has expressed frustration with U.S.

allies for not helping reopen the strait.

This morning, the president told the U.K.

's Telegraph newspaper he's strongly considering pulling the U.S.

out of NATO after it failed to join the war, telling the paper it's, quote, beyond consideration.

In the meantime, Iran continues to launch attacks, including at an oil tanker off Qatar and cruise missiles targeting the United Arab Emirates.

And a third U.S.

carrier group, the USS George W. Bush, is on its way to the Middle East.