Despite a sudden and quite inexplicable easing of tensions between Washington and Tehran, it would be premature to declare any end in sight for the war in the Middle East. Things are far from “over”.
The prime minister has far more direct experience of Donald Trump than most, and he is therefore right to be extremely cautious about the prospect hinted at by the US president for a return to whatever passes for normality. Sir Keir Starmer, therefore, told senior MPs on the Commons Liaison Committee that the UK must not fall into the “false comfort” of thinking that there will be a quick and early end to this.
