Lise Doucette

In the last 24 hours it says 25 vessels pass through the strait, which is an international shipping route that would normally see 150 vessels a day. There have been over 25 attacks on vessels in the strait, and there are some 20,000 trapped seafarers on some 2,000 trapped ships. We have seen Iran hijack an international shipping route to hold the global economy hostage.

So, was the virtual meeting in London looking for a diplomatic solution? Here's our chief international correspondent, Lise Doucette. Yes, and as they do it, we've just heard this political ping-pong across the Atlantic. President Trump in his speech last night said, well, it's up to you countries, and it's easy to open up the Strait of Hormuz, which it's not. And hence that rebuke.

from President Macron of France, and you can really tell how they're changing their language to President Trump. He has changed what was a war of choice for the United States into a war of necessity for so many countries, including these 35 or so countries, over 40 now they're saying.

who are meeting virtually, foreign ministers, to discuss how to open the Strait of Hormuz. But the view is, and it's clear in what Sir Keir Stommer said yesterday, that they would look at it militarily, and there is now a report that after this meeting the military planners will look at it, but only once there is a ceasefire.

They don't want to get dragged into a war which would be very costly and very risky. But how do you find ways to open it up? Well, the strait is open for those countries who are negotiating with Iran. So Indian flag tankers, Pakistani flag tankers, they are getting through smaller numbers.

The Philippines have announced. The Philippines, yes. So people are going to Iran. And it underlines that only politically can you find a way out. And for the countries who are not siding with Iran in this war or have been providing bases, etc., they can only wait until the war is over. Hence the frustration with President Trump. He didn't make it clear last night when it will end. And just briefly, what sort of message then do you think is being sent by this meeting?

Least you said. Least you said.

Israeli prime minister, when he's given interviews this week, when he's given an address, he's been very careful not to contradict President Trump, especially on this sensitive issue of timelines. He knows the war is very unpopular with the US public. That said, you do detect in the media here some concern that public pressure could force the US basically to kind of leave this war sooner than Israel would like without a clear strategy, without really dealing a lasting blow to the Iranian regime.

President Trump keeps changing not just his narrative on what the end goal is for the United States president and commander in chief, but also keeps changing his narrative on what's happening on the ground. Our listeners will know that he's repeatedly said, oh, the war is almost over, we've destroyed Iran.

Ja muistakaa, että tämä on maa, jossa ei ollut mitään keskustelua mitään yksilöitä, paitsi Israelista. Ja kun Sirkir Stommer, joka aloitettiin välttämättä johtamaan maan yhdessä, tuli ja sanoi, että auttaisiin vahvasti. Ja hän sanoi, että ei.

We don't want people who join the war when it's already won. And now he's realizing, and it's extraordinary that this wasn't realized, wasn't made clear to him by his planners, that Iran had an ability to basically close off this strategic waterway, the Strait of Hormuz. There are some tankers which are still getting through, which underlines to you that there are others who are trying different ways around this crisis. For President Trump,

He now want a Hormuz coalition, as he calls it, and is ask countries. And in that way, he often menaces them that if NATO allies don't come to his aid, then there will be consequences. But you have on the other side, the Indian foreign minister, Jai Shankar,

who will join the EU meeting today to discuss this very issue of what they can and should do to try to get that strait open, has been saying, well, they're talking to Iran and they managed to get two Indian flag gas tankers through the strait this weekend. Turkey has also been talking to Iran. They managed to get a bulk carrier through. Of course, these are exceptions. This is not the bulk of the traffic, but we do also hear reports that other countries are

puhutaan Iranista, mutta presidentti Trump haluaa, että kaupungit sopivat häneen vaarassa, jossa, kuten sanoin, hän ei saanut selvää, mitä kaupungin yleinen tavoite on. Ja ei ole myös selvää, mitä vaara on Hormuzin rannassa. Hänen esityksensä Finanssiaalitilanteessa hän sanoi myös, että hän haluaa vahvistaa joitain huonoja aktoreita Iranin rannalla. Tämä tarkoittaa sitä, että moni muu muu maa olisi tullut vahvistamassa tätä vaaraa.

Tämä on mielenkiintoinen aspekti tästä sotilasta. Se on ainoa asia, josta voin muistaa. Meillä on kaksi yksilöä, amerikkalaiset ja iranilaiset, jotka puhuvat yhdessä sosiaalisessa mediassa. Presidentin Trumpi sanoo jotain hänen oikeuksieni sosiaalisessa jaksossaan. Iran laittaa takaisin, ja sitten Amerikassa presidentin Trumpin, mutta myös hallituksen jäsenet.

Kiitos, että katsoitte.

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They will oversee the running of the Islamic Republic while the assembly of experts.

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