Donald Trump has said the US does not need Nato after being rebuffed by a number of the organisation’s member countries over his appeal for a multinational naval force to reopen the key strait of Hormuz trade route closed by Iran. British government sources said there was no plan for UK ships to be deployed in the strait. A number of US allies have questioned Trump’s changing logic for, and the necessity of, the US-Israeli war against Iran, now in its third week. In Iraq, drone and rocket attacks reportedly struck near the US embassy in Baghdad, while a separate strike killed four people at a house said to be hosting Iranian advisers. Photograph: Majid Asgaripour/ReutersExplosions were also reported across Iran, including in Tehran, Ahvaz, Isfahan and Shiraz.

Source: The Guardian March 18, 2026 01:47 UTC