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Sir Keir Starmer has said he discussed the “fragile” nature of the US-Iran ceasefire with Gulf allies and that “it takes more than just words” to make it permanent.The Prime Minister arrived in Bahrain on Thursday afternoon as part of a trip to the region, which also included stops in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, amid signs the ceasefire is already under strain.Tehran has reclosed the key oil shipping channel the Strait of Hormuz in response to Israeli attacks on the Hezbollah militant group in Lebanon.

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00:16I think the mood is very much one of shock that they were attacked in the first place
00:21because of course they weren't attacking Iran and the intensity of some of the attacks. Relief
00:28that there's now a ceasefire I think a general sense that it's fragile that
00:34there's work to do in relation to it and then a lot of reflection and discussion me
00:41with them about the work we did over the last six to seven weeks together and
00:46collective self-defense the capabilities and an opportunity frankly for me to say
00:51thank you to our personnel who are out here who've been many pilots been
00:55working from about two hours after the conflict started so moving forward but
01:01I'm very clear that one is very important we stand with our long-standing allies
01:05and be here showing our support for them reflecting on the work we're doing
01:09together and for them a sense that we're a friend that's come at this time to have
01:14these really important discussions with them and to make sure this ceasefire is a
01:18permanent ceasefire and that the Strait of Hormuz is open and that takes more
01:23than just words it takes a lot of action
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