The US is pausing a $14bn (£10.4bn) arms sale to Taiwan to ensure it has enough weapons for the Iran war. US acting Navy secretary Hung Cao confirmed this at a Senate hearing on Thursday, days after President Donald Trump appeared non-committal about approving the sale and said he would speak to Taiwan’s president about it. A spokesperson for Taiwan’s presidential office told reporters on Friday that they had not received any information about “US adjustments to the arms sale”. The sale of US arms to Taiwan has long irked Beijing, which claims the self-governed island as its territory and…
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