Middle East war live: UK and France to host defence talks on Hormuz shipping mission
Issued on: 11/05/2026 - 03:53
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The UK and France are set to host a multinational meeting of defence ministers on Tuesday to review military plans to restore trade flows through the Strait of Hormuz. This comes after Tehran warned that the Iranian military would respond with a "decisive and immediate response" in the event of a French and British deployment. Follow our liveblog for the latest updates.
11/05/2026 - 03:52Netanyahu says Iranian enriched uranium must be removed before war can end
Iran's stockpile of enriched uranium must be "taken out" before the US-Israeli war against Iran can be considered over, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told an American broadcaster on Sunday.
"It's not over, because there's still nuclear material – enriched uranium – that has to be taken out of Iran. There's still enrichment sites that have to be dismantled," Netanyahu said in an interview that aired Sunday on the CBS News programme "60 Minutes."
"You go in and you take it out," the Israeli leader said when asked how the uranium could be removed.
Netanyahu said US President Donald Trump had a similar position.
"I'm not going to talk about military means, but the president, what President Trump has said to me – 'I want to go in there.'"
11/05/2026 - 03:51Netanyahu says Israel aims to phase out US military aid within a decade
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hopes to wean Israel off US military support within a decade as his country pushes to strengthen ties with Gulf states, he said in an interview that aired on Sunday.
“I want to draw down to zero the American financial support, the financial component of the military cooperation that we have,” Netanyahu told CBS News’ “60 Minutes” programme. Israel receives about $3.8 billion of US military aid a year, he said. The US has agreed to provide a total of $38 billion in military aid to Israel from 2018 to 2028.
But it is “absolutely” the right time to possibly reset the US-Israeli financial relationship, Netanyahu said.
“I don’t want to wait for the next Congress,” he told CBS. “I want to start now.”
11/05/2026 - 03:51UK and France to host defence talks on Hormuz shipping mission
The UK and France will on Tuesday host a multinational meeting of defence ministers on military plans to restore trade flows through the Strait of Hormuz, the British government said.
The announcement came hours after Iran warned London and Paris against sending warships to the region.
"The Defence Secretary John Healey will co-chair a meeting of over 40 nations, alongside his French counterpart, Minister Catherine Vautrin, for the multinational mission's first Defence Ministers' meeting," a British defence ministry statement said Sunday.
The virtual meeting follows a two-day gathering in London in April of military planners who thrashed out the practicalities of a multinational mission led by the UK and France to protect navigation in the key waterway following a sustainable ceasefire.
"We are turning diplomatic agreement into practical military plans to restore confidence for shipping through the Strait of Hormuz," Healey said.
11/05/2026 - 03:50Welcome to the FRANCE 24 liveblog covering events in the Middle East. Click here to catch up on what happened yesterday.
Yesterday's key developments:
• An Iranian proposal sent to the United States through mediator Pakistan stresses the need for an end to the war on all fronts and the lifting of sanctions on Tehran.
• US President Donald Trump rejected Iran's response, deeming it "totally unacceptable."
• Iranian Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi was released on bail and transferred to Tehran for urgent medical treatment after supporters warned she was at risk of dying in prison.
(FRANCE 24 with Reuters, AP and AFP)
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