prompted

But academic selection has proved controversial and prompted criticism.

The arrival of the USS Gravely in Trinidad and Tobago last month prompted Caracas to suspend an energy agreement with the nation and declare its Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar "persona non grata."

Fears of a backlash from voters and Labour MPs prompted the U-turn, the report said.

Those attacks prompted President Zelensky to call for "no exceptions" to Western sanctions on Russian energy - shortly after the US granted Hungary one such exemption.

It declined to detail what specifically prompted the early action.