Starmer says Iran and Ukraine wars could reshape global order and ‘define us for a generation’ – UK politics live

His remarks come as foreign secretary Yvette Cooper meets her counterparts at a G7 meeting in France The second day of the G7 meeting near Paris is under way. We heard from Yvette Cooper earlier this morning before the summit began, saying she and other foreign ministers will discuss the conflict in the Middle East “where we want to see a swift resolution that reaches regional stability and security and opens the strait of Hormuz”. The narrow waterway, one of the world’s busiest oil shipping channels, has been effectively closed since the US-Israeli war on Iran began in late February, with Tehran threatening to attack vessels in retaliation.