Iran-US warfare newest: Trump tells allies and UK to ‘get your own oil’ from Strait of Hormuz in on-line tirade | EUROtoday

About 21 individuals have been killed and 70 have been injured in Lebanon yesterday, in accordance with the nation’s well being ministry.

That brings the overall variety of individuals useless to 1,268 in Lebanon because the newest spherical of preventing between Israel and Hezbollah.

So far 3,750 individuals have been injured in Lebanon die to Israeli strikes.

UK airways will not be experiencing disruption to their provide of jet gasoline, in accordance with an trade affiliation.

An Airlines UK spokesperson stated: “UK airlines are currently not seeing disruption to jet fuel supply and continue to engage with fuel suppliers and Government to monitor the situation.”

The average pump price of a litre of unleaded petrol in the UK stood at 148.8p on Monday, up 4.6p week on week and a jump of 16.6p, or 13 per cent, since March 2, according to new figures published by the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero.

This is the highest price for unleaded petrol since May 2024.

The average price of a litre of diesel stood at 176.5p on Monday, up 9.6p week on week and an increase of 34.4p, or 24 per cent, since March 2.

It is the highest price for diesel since December 2022.

France has said it is “stunned” by US President Donald Trump’s comments singling out Paris for not authorising planes headed ⁠to Israel fly over its territory.

The country has not changed its position from the start ⁠of the ​war ⁠with Iran, Reuters reported.

“We are stunned by this tweet. France has ⁠not modified its place since ​day ⁠one (of the battle) ‌and we verify this resolution,” President Emmanuel Macron’s office said.

Trump ‌said in a ‌post on Truth Social that France had been “very unhelpful” and ⁠that the United States would “keep in mind”.

The French military said on March 5 that France would not authorise the use of French bases by American planes ‌if they took part in ​attacks on Iran, ‌but would allow ⁠it on a “short-term foundation” if ⁠they were in support of the ‌defence ​of French ‌allies in the region.

Donald Trump has told allies that the US “won’t be there to help you anymore” in a scathing attack suggesting he may abandon the war in Iran without reopening the Strait of Hormuz.

The US president wrote on Truth Social that countries like the UK, “which refused to get involved in the decapitation of Iran”, would have to learn to “fight for yourself” and “go get your own oil!”

“I have a suggestion for you: Number 1, buy from the U.S., we have plenty, and Number 2, build up some delayed courage, go to the Strait, and just TAKE IT,” he wrote.

He also said France had been “very unhelpful” and that “the U.S.A. will REMEMBER!!! President DJT”

Lebanon is preparing for the possibility that hundreds of thousands displaced by Israeli strikes and evacuation orders will not return home in the long term, Lebanese social affairs minister Haneen Sayed said.

Israel’s defence minister Israel Katz said ⁠the military would destroy all homes along Lebanon’s border with Israel and bar 600,000 residents who fled southern Lebanon from returning to their villages.

More than one million people have fled their homes and another 1,200 have been killed in Israeli strikes since March 2, when Lebanese armed group Hezbollah pulled Lebanon into the regional conflict by firing into Israel.

“Long-term displacement is one thing we’re involved about, after all. We hope it doesn’t occur, however as a authorities, now we have to organize ⁠and give it some thought,” Sayed told Reuters.

The Lebanese government is considering ​options, ⁠including cash-for-rent programs and “bodily locations the place individuals would possibly go”, but is not planning to construct camps at this stage, she said.