UK to lead meeting of 41 nations as efforts to reopen Strait of Hormuz continue

Joe PikePolitical correspondent Officials from 41 countries will meet next week as part of UK-led efforts to help open the Strait of Hormuz. The meeting will be led by the British foreign office's political director, and follows Yvette Cooper roundtable with more than 40 foreign ministers last week. "We are pushing very hard for a mechanism to reopen the strait," a government source tells me. "Because we have such a massive diplomatic footprint and have good relations with mid-lev