Middle East crisis live: Trump seeks to delay summit with China’s Xi amid Iran war; US embassy in Baghdad reportedly targeted in air attack
Trump says delay of ‘a month or so’ requested while key official insists move is not to pressure Beijing to help unblock strait of Hormuz; Iraqi officials say drones and rockets attacked embassyEuropean countries reject Trump’s call for help to reopen strait of HormuzHow have you been...
<p>Trump says delay of ‘a month or so’ requested while key official insists move is not to pressure Beijing to help unblock strait of Hormuz; Iraqi officials say drones and rockets attacked embassy</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/16/europe-donald-trump-strait-hormuz-iran">European countries reject Trump’s call for help to reopen strait of Hormuz</a></p></li><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/01/tell-us-affected-by-latest-events-in-the-middle-east-strikes-iran-us-israel-dubai">How have you been affected by the latest Middle East events?</a></p></li><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/16/fuel-price-increases-we-would-like-to-hear-from-you">Are fuel price increases making you cut back?</a></p></li></ul><p><strong>The United Arab Emirates’ air defences are currently responding to incoming missile and drone attacks from Iran, the Gulf state’s ministry of defence has just posted on social media</strong>.</p><p><a href="https://x.com/modgovae/status/2033748947567841779">It said</a> sounds being heard there are from air defences intercepting the attacks.</p><p><em>We’re speaking to China. I would love to, but because of the war, I want to be here.</em></p><p><em>We have requested that we delay it a month or so, and I’m looking forward to meeting with him. We’ve got a war going on. I think it’s important that I be here. So it could be that we delay it a little bit, not much.</em></p><p><em>We will see whether the visit takes place as scheduled. But what I do want to parse, and there’s a false narrative out there that if the meetings are delayed, it wouldn’t be delayed because the president’s demanded that China police the straits of Hormuz.</em></p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/mar/17/iran-war-live-updates-news-israel-trump-strikes-us-embassy-baghdad-strait-of-hormuz-middle-east-latest">Continue reading...</a>
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