President Trump and U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer spoke by phone Sunday and "agreed that reopening the Strait of Hormuz was essential to ensure stability in the global energy market," the prime minister's office said.
Trump has previously criticized Starmer as being slow to offer support for the war. The U.K. has dispatched a warship to the eastern Mediterranean and its jets fly defensive patrols over Bahrain, Jordan, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates.
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