UK allows U.S. use of bases for Hormuz-related strikes

LONDON, March 20 (Xinhua) -- Britain has agreed to allow the United States to use British bases to carry out "operations to degrade the missile sites and capabilities being used to attack ships in the Strait of Hormuz," according to a Downing Street statement released on Friday.

Britain is working with international partners to develop "a viable plan to safeguard international shipping in the Strait of Hormuz,"