Ben Chu has been looking at what’s happened to marine traffic in the Strait of Hormuz, a key trade passage.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has said that during talks with U.S. President Donald Trump the sides will discuss Russia’s war against Ukraine and ways to end it, as well as ensuring Ukraine’s territorial integrity and security interests.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has discussed the situation in the Middle East and the Gulf region with the Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani.

Russian forces attacked the Dnipropetrovsk region nearly 40 times on Tuesday, targeting the Kryvyi Rih, Nikopol, and Synelnykove districts.

Ukrainian Finance Minister Sergii Marchenko met with Akihiko Tanaka, president of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), during a working visit to Japan to discuss further cooperation.

Iran has warned that any actions by European countries in the Middle East will be regarded as an "act of war" and could lead to attacks on European states.

Money is reportedly being raised by them for the armed struggle, prosecutors say.

Prosecutors say Colin Gray, 55, could have prevented his son from killing four people at a high school in Georgia in 2024.

Ukrainian forces have struck elements of air defense systems, military infrastructure and drone control points of the Russian army in temporarily occupied areas of the Luhansk, Donetsk regions and in Crimea.

The former prince hands back a property in Ascot, with lease documents showing an annual rent of £13,000.