‘No to war’: Sánchez doubles down after Trump threat to cut off trade with Spain

PM says his country will not be complicit in growing conflict in Middle East simply out of fear of reprisals from someone'

The Spanish prime minister, Pedro Sanchez, has responded to Donald Trump's extraordinary threat to cut off all trade with Spain over his government's refusal to facilitate the US's ongoing attacks against Iran, comparing the growing conflict in the Middle East to playing Russian roulette with the destiny of millions".

Sanchez, who has been one of the most vociferous European critics of Israel's conduct in Gaza, said, his government's position on the widening instability could be summed up in three words: No to war."