Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news. European airports face jet fuel shortages within three weeks - reports 13:33Jasper Jolly European airports have warned the EU that jet fuel shortages could hit the summer holiday season if oil supplies do not start to flow through the strait of Hormuz within the next three weeks.

Sir Keir Starmer said Nato was “in America’s interests” but European members must strengthen their commitment in the wake of the Middle East ceasefire after Donald Trump stepped up threats to pull out of the military alliance.

President Putin and President Zelenskyy have said their countries will hold a 32-hour ceasefire over the Orthodox Easter weekend. The Ukrainian leader said earlier this week that he had proposed the move via the US.

The 56-year-old leader was reportedly wounded in the same strike that killed his father 40 days ago and has not been seen publicly since. Despite speculation about his condition, Iranian officials maintain that Mr Khamenei is in “full health” and “in control of everything”.

China's President Xi Jinping received Taiwan's main opposition party leader on Friday, in a rare meeting which saw both sides stress a desire for cross-strait peace. Cheng Li-wun is the Kuomintang's (KMT) first sitting leader to visit China in a decade.

The spy plane drama came after Poland was forced to scramble F-16 fighters to head off the Russian reconnaissance aircraft over the Baltic Sea

French authorities said an investigation has been launched after two men and two women died as they tried to climb on to a dinghy at Equihen-Plage, near Boulogne-sur-mer. Two children were among those taken to hospital as a precaution afterwards and another person was treated for hypothermia.

The Trump administration vowed to continue with the federal prosecution of Iryna Zarutska's alleged killer after his attorneys claimed he was incompetent to stand trial on state charges.