PM lets U.S use bases to attack

KEIR Starmer has given the green light to the US to use British bases to strike Iranian missile sites attacking ships in the Strait of Hormuz.

- ALEXANDER BROWN and ASHLEY COWBURN

Tehran's throttling of the key oil shipping route - in retaliation to joint US-Israeli attacks on the regime - has sparked chaos in global markets.

The Prime Minister's move comes after President Donald Trump said Nato nations were “cowards” for not helping reopen the strait.

Asked about the decision to allow the US to use UK bases, Trump said: “Well it's been a very late response.”

He added: “I was a little surprised at the UK, to be honest with you. They should have acted a lot faster.”