Franco Ordonez

Brett Bruin, who served at the National Security Council during the Obama administration, said the war is now unavoidable in the leaders' discussions.

The United Kingdom is working with France to build a coalition of nations to help with the demining of the Strait of Hormuz once a peace deal is reached.

Brett Bruin, who served at the National Security Council during the Obama administration, said the war is now unavoidable in the leaders' discussions.

The United Kingdom is working with France to build a coalition of nations to help with the demining of the Strait of Hormuz once a peace deal is reached.

Trump has also said that he expects European and other Western countries who depend on the Strait to have a role.

NPR's Franco Ordonez reports.

The president called U.S.

strikes on Iran a necessity after a U.S.

helicopter went down near the Strait of Hormuz.

Iranian officials say they did not target the U.S.

helicopter, but Trump called it an attack.

Mona Yakoubian, a former State Department official who now works at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, says Trump was basically in a no-win situation.

It also makes it harder to reach a deal that the president had said earlier this week was potentially two or three days away.

Franco Ordonez, NPR News.

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