Trump berates Europeans for resisting demand for support in Iran

As the war rages on, Donald Trump is expressing mounting frustration with Europeans for refusing to send warships to the Strait of Hormuz – saying overnight that the US doesn’t “need or desire” their assistance. Our correspondent Shona Murray breaks down the logic behind the European response and the implications for an increasingly fraught NATO Alliance.

Meanwhile, Kyiv has authorised the European Commission to enter Ukraine to inspect the damage on the Druzhba pipeline, a demand from Hungary and Slovakia. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán is blocking a €90 billion loan to Ukraine until Russian crude flows through the pipeline again – with EU leaders seeking to convince Orbán to drop his veto when they gather in Brussels on Thursday.

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