Middle East war live: UK and France to host defence talks on Hormuz shipping mission
Key takeaways
- 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.
- 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.
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By: FRANCE 24 Vessels are pictured anchored in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas in southern Iran on May 4, 2026. © Amirhossein Khorgooei, AFP 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.
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."