Sky News reported on the 21st that Foreign Secretary Cooper privately asked Prime Minister Starmer to resign over the weekend.

Pakistan Foreign Minister Durrani, at a quadrilateral meeting in Egypt with Egypt, Turkey and Saudi Arabia, said Iran will not block vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz nor levy transit or service fees during a 60-day window. He said Pakistan had brought the US and Iran into talks for the first time in 47 years and that three technical teams are engaged in US‑Iran negotiations, covering nuclear issues, frozen funds and the situation in Lebanon. Durrani said he has briefed the foreign ministers of Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Turkey on a memorandum of understanding.

Al Jazeera reported CENTCOM said Iran does not control the Strait of Hormuz. A CENTCOM spokesman said US forces are monitoring the situation to ensure continued shipping through the waterway. Earlier the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said it had closed the Strait, citing continued Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon.