UK to call for toll-free Strait of Hormuz, wants Lebanon in ceasefire deal - Reuters

<a href="https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMirgFBVV95cUxNT1NOQU9OSUdNLXBpaDFES0NtNGxkSWJNYm9XaE8yNG53QkpBV1F0Q3ZWYk0zNFdKdVc0ZEJJRnBTTkdrbFYyalFTaGZOcU5lX3I1TlhTSDg2dldPZ2s2Y3ExQ3RIRGR2b2x3WkNxdHNCVnV1OGZpWHJBYXBrZ3BJTEFrSDZ5b0RqRE1vSm1MYnZ1dk5xdWV1UHZVbXVCWkszRThLUW9DZ3RzWEdjZmc?oc=5" target="_blank">UK to call for toll-free Strait of Hormuz, wants Lebanon in ceasefire deal</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color="#6f6f6f">Reuters</font>

British Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper will demand that shipping through the Strait of Hormuz remain toll-free, countering Iran's push to control the vital waterway. She will also call for Lebanon's inclusion in a two-week ceasefire agreed between Iran and the U.S. on Tuesday.

British Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper will demand that shipping through the Strait of Hormuz remain toll-free, countering Iran's push to control the vital waterway. She will also call for Lebanon's inclusion in a two-week ceasefire agreed between Iran and the U.S. on Tuesday.

Iran closed the Strait of Hormuz again in response to Israeli attacks against the Hezbollah militant group in Lebanon, casting doubt over whether an already precarious ceasefire to end more than a month of war will hold.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated that the ceasefire with Iran does not apply to military operations in Lebanon, as Israel launched its biggest attacks yet on Lebanon, targeting the Iran-backed Hezbollah militia.

Iran closed the Strait of Hormuz again in response to Israeli attacks against the Hezbollah militant group in Lebanon, casting doubt over whether an already precarious ceasefire to end more than a month of war will hold.