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Military planners from more than 30 countries are meeting at a Royal Air Force base north of London to put together a multinational mission to safeguard the Strait of Hormuz amid global concerns over oil and energy prices.
A poll here in the UK shows one in 10 Brits is already stockpiling fuel.
British defense officials have previously floated the idea of deploying autonomous mine hunting systems from motherships sent to the Gulf.
But they caution that whatever plan they come up with at this two-day conference will only take effect after what they call a sustained ceasefire between Iran and the U.S., not the shaky one in place right now.
Lauren Fryer, NPR News, Glasgow.
Lebanese state media say Israeli airstrikes hit in and around the Mediterranean city of Tyre, part of a zone in which Israel says it's trying to seize territory to prevent Hezbollah from firing cross-border rockets from there.
The Iran-backed group says it launched rocket-propelled grenades at Israeli ground troops inside Lebanon.
In the capital, Beirut, rescuers are still pulling bodies from the rubble of 100 Israeli strikes in 10 minutes on what local media dubbed Black Wednesday, when more than 300 people were killed, according to Lebanon's government.
The World Food Program says the Israeli invasion has disrupted supply lines, leaving Lebanon in a food security crisis.
A plane load of aid is due here from Qatar.
Lauren Fryer, NPR News, Beirut.
King Charles says what follows now is a, quote, full, fair and proper process, but expressed deepest concern over his brother's arrest.
Police are searching properties adjacent to Windsor Castle and the Royal Sandringham estate where Andrew was arrested.
On suspicion, police say of misconduct in public office, which carries up to a life sentence in prison.
Andrew admits friendship with Jeffrey Epstein and settled a lawsuit with one of the late sex offender's underage victims.
But Andrew has said he, quote, strenuously denies any wrongdoing.
After the latest file released by the U.S.
police have been investigating whether Andrew passed confidential government information to Epstein when Andrew was a U.K.