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Overnight, an Iranian commercial vessel was struck off an island in the Strait of Hormuz, killing one and wounding four others. State run Iryna news agency quoted the island's governor as blaming a terrorist enemy. This isn't. It comes as a six member bloc of Gulf states is weighing a meeting with Iranian officials next week to discuss the future of the Strait of Hormuz. For more, we're joined by Bloomberg White House correspondent Skyler Woodhouse and Bloomberg Mideast reporter Dan Williams.

Dan, I want to start with you. Can you just update us what we know about the strike in the Gulf overnight? And then is this meeting happening? Who is going? What do we know? These strikes reported in recent hours, one against an Iranian, uh, vessel with one death. According to the Iranian reports, a second craft. Presumably this is being blamed on the Iranian side, as we're talking over the weekend, as we've noted in previous discussions, the details do come out, but they tend to come out rather slowly.

However, this continued bloodshed, the continued violence, uh, has underscored the efforts by the Iranians to pitch to other Gulf Arab countries, including Gulf Arab countries, with which it came to blows in the very recent past past the values of what it says is an emerging deal with Oman for a kind of property share of the Strait of Hormuz. And as you noted, tomorrow, Monday, there is a meeting of Gulf Arab foreign ministers in Muscat.

It's not actually clear how many will attend. It has been formally announced. The Iranians say they plan to go there and unveil potentially this plan, this proposal, in hope of bringing those Arab foreign ministers on board. What we know is the Bahrainis, for one, are not planning to attend. They're still upset at the pain they suffered at the hands of Iran during the the high points of this conflict, the height of hostilities.

Meanwhile, the UAE sent a senior royal, the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, to hold a meeting with Iranian presidents this weekend on the sidelines of the BRICs summit in India. There is some kind of context underway. I think it's clear the Iranians are trying to wish into reality a post to U.S. post-Trump reality in the Gulf to argue to fellow stakeholders in the region. It's time to deal with a new reality in which we, Iran, remain in some control of Hormuz.

It's clear that the US would almost certainly oppose this, as well as perhaps some of those Gulf Arab states. It's kind of what house you're traveling with the president. He's on this brief trip to to Ireland? Yes, to play some golf. But he's met with Irish leadership as well. And I'm curious, as you've listened to his remarks, the former ones that he delivered at the ambassador's residence in Dublin, the less formal ones as he's made his way from there to Shannon to to his golf course.

How much is this, the wider world intruding on the trip that he's taking right now? I think that there was a lot of conversation here in the States about him making this trip so close to to the midterm elections. But when it comes to the issue of Iran in the Middle East and the path forward, the path to some resolution potentially. Is it something that he's talked much about over the course of these last two days? Yeah.

And look, this trip also comes just a few days after the Republican convention in Dallas, Texas. And now the president is here in, in Ireland to, uh, you know, he did throw in some official meetings and met with, um, the president of Ireland and the Prime minister. Um, but now he is off at his golf property, which is, you know, really where he wanted to go. Um, but yesterday, when speaking with reporters. Um, he did say that the quote the who these called us and they don't want to fight with us.

Uh, you know, so obviously, you know, Iran and what's happening in the Middle East is still very top of mind. And just because, you know, the president is here, um, to attend this golf tournament, to be at his family's property. Um, you know, there's still obviously a lot of official business, um, that he has to pay attention to and to monitor, especially as, uh, things are not slowing down and only continue to remain pretty volatile, especially as the midterm November's, um, approach and the administration is trying to navigate those higher energy prices and cost of living, um, for Americans.

And that also, um, was something that did come up. And here in Ireland, a reporter asked about, um, higher prices, even here in Ireland, and sort of those ripple effects from what is happening in the Middle East. Um, so, so, yeah, look, you know, the president, even though he can go to his chorus, it's still something he has to definitely make sure he's paying attention to. And speaking of higher prices down in India, South Asian countries in particular have been very hard hit by this war because they get so much of their oil through the strait.

And we saw all these leaders, uh, in India for this BRICs statement. Iranian leaders were there in person, which is we were talking yesterday, different from when the U.S. and a lot of times has has had negotiations with them through intermediaries, and they did release a joint statement that kind of seems to call out the U.S. a little bit at saying we expressed serious concerns over deliberate attacks on civilian infrastructure and peaceful nuclear facilities.

How frustrated are other Gulf countries with the US, and is this summit and then maybe possibly this follow off meeting in the Middle East, kind of a reflection of that of Gulf allies thinking they can't rely on the U.S. to bring this sort of a close, they're going to have to involve themselves. I think there's definitely frustration. I think there's definitely Concern. Keep in mind that this BRICs summit coincides with some pretty astonishing gains by the houses of Yemen.

This is a an Iranian aligned group. Some have argued it's an Iranian proxy in Yemen. They've effectively now taken over the land up straight. So this war, which began as a US Israeli war in Iran, evolved into a US Iran war over the Strait of Hormuz, now appears to be the war of Two Straights, further cutting down maritime traffic in that part of the world into the Red sea. Further driving up fuel prices. And as Skyler alluded to, Trump is publicly talking about having received messages from the Houthis that they didn't seek a war with the US.

He may be trying to let the US off. They've been reports that the Saudis have been asking the US to intervene. It's worth remembering the United States did spend seven weeks pummeling the Houthis last year. Apparently the Houthis, whether that well enough to regroup and conquer large swathes of Yemen and establish control of a second waterway, or at least a choke point to that second. Waterway. This would signal the war is not going well for the United States and its allies.

And yes, I think it's understandable that Gulf Arabs will be weighing the next steps. They're not going to openly come out against Trump. It's not part of the political culture, however, and we should be able to get more clarity on this tomorrow, given the attendance, the prominence and the rhetoric of that foreign ministers meeting that may take place in Muscat, and whether the Iranians are engaged fully on their apparent proposal for some kind of share of Hormuz with Oman.

I think that will really give us a sense of taking the temperature of the mood in that part of the world when it comes to the prospects for this war, a war which it's worth remembering. Trump said recently he expects to end very soon after those midterm elections in November. Let's stick with shifting alliances, if we could. You're preparing for a visit from Mark Carney, the prime minister of Canada. He's going to deliver a major speech, uh, I believe, on the heels of one that was live underline the president of the E.U., the European Commission is going to deliver a state of the European Union address.

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