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'Blackmail is also not what I wish for': America’s allies are ghosting Trump on Strait of Hormuz

The price of oil sank Monday after Bessent said the U.S. “allowed” tankers to cross, despite the lack of assistance.

Fortune

Iran’s Hormuz blockade is its most powerful card against Trump and Israel. It won’t back down easily

By imposing massive costs on the global economy, the Iranian government hopes to cause the US to back down, says Jack Watling of the Royal United Services Institute

The Guardian - UK

From the strait of Hormuz to Malacca, global trade relies almost entirely on these five narrow waterways

The conflict in Iran has disrupted energy and commodity markets. Iran has effectively closed the narrow strait of Hormuz, a vital oil transit point, attacking more than a dozen ships over the past two weeks that have tried to sail through the waterway.

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European countries reject Trump’s call for help to reopen strait of Hormuz

Leaders seek a diplomatic solution despite US president’s threat of ‘a very bad future’ for Nato unless it provides warships

The Guardian - UK

First Thing: Trump steps up pressure on European allies to help protect strait of Hormuz

US president says it is ‘only appropriate’ for Europe to help, and warns failure to do so would be ‘very bad’ for Nato. Plus, meet the Americans withholding their federal income tax

The Guardian - UK

Africa particularly vulnerable as Iran conflict disrupts supply chains, say experts

Food production in many African countries depends heavily on fertiliser imported from the Gulf through the strait of Hormuz

The Guardian - UK

Rescued Thai sailors return home after Strait of Hormuz attack

Three crew members of bulk carrier Mayuree Naree are still missing

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UK not obliged to support every demand of ‘transactional’ US president, minister says

Pat McFadden says UK relations with US remain strong despite Donald Trump’s threats to Nato allies

The Guardian - UK

Iran war briefing: Dubai airport in chaos after third drone strike suspends flights

Authorities responded to a fire near Dubai International Airport on Monday following a drone attack. British PM to pledge energy bill aid for households amid Middle East crisis. US President Donald Trump set to launch Hormuz coalition amid global oil crisis as he warns of ‘very bad future’ unless NATO…

The Independent UK

Iran-US war latest: US embassy in Iraq attacked while Trump lashes out after Nato rejects Strait of Hormuz demand

The US president said it is only appropriate that those who benefit from oil coming through the waterway help to free it

The Independent UK

Trump news at a glance: call for allied protection of strait of Hormuz in doubt as allies appear sceptical

US president’s call for coalition to protect commercial ships gets muted response – key US politics stories from 15 March at a glance

The Guardian - US

UK plans to send minesweeping drones to help reopen strait of Hormuz

Government reluctant to dispatch ships amid concerns complying with Trump’s demands could escalate Iran crisis

The Guardian - UK

The closed Strait of Hormuz is testing Asia's energy security. The answer lies across the Pacific—in Canada

Canada’s new Pacific energy infrastructure offers Asian buyers a faster, cheaper and geopolitically safer route

Fortune

UK may send ships and mine-hunting drones to help open strait of Hormuz, says Miliband

Energy secretary says government looking at ‘any options’ to get crucial shipping lanes reopened

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The Guardian - AU

Rate rises, helium shortages, EV sales spikes: how is the disruption in Iran’s strait of Hormuz affecting Australia?

The ‘largest supply disruption in history’ due to the US-Israeli war on Iran is affecting prices from plastic to jet fuel to fertiliser

The Guardian - UK

Global food supplies could be badly hit if Iran war drags on, says fertiliser boss

Yara’s Svein Tore Holsether says it would be ‘catastrophic’ if the strait of Hormuz was closed for a year

Axios

Ship escorts to start in Strait of Hormuz "soon," Trump officials say

Scott Bessent made the comments to Sky News as he confirmed the war had cost the U.S. $11 billion thus far.

The Guardian - UK

Iran vows to fight on in first message issued in name of Mojtaba Khamenei

Tehran will keep strait of Hormuz closed and continue attacks on US assets, speech read out on state TV says

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We Got This Covered

‘Nothing to be afraid of!’ Donald Trump told ships to ‘show some guts’ in Strait of Hormuz, here’s what happened next

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Australian Petrol Prices Set To Skyrocket After Strikes In Strait Of Hormuz

Australians are being warned to brace for higher petrol prices as attacks on ships in the Strait of Hormuz choke global oil supplies.

The Guardian - US

US intelligence sees direct attacks by Iran on oil tankers as greater risk than mines

Strait of Hormuz, key transit passage for global oil trade, has been effectively shut down by Islamic Revolutionary Guard

The Guardian - UK

Lloyd’s of London stresses it is still insuring shipping in strait of Hormuz

Company at heart of global maritime cover fends off criticism over cancelled policies and sharp price rises

The Independent UK

Iran war has blocked the Strait of Hormuz, a vital oil chokepoint. Reopening it is a big challenge

Governments are working on plans to unblock vital oil chokepoint the Strait of Hormuz

Euronews

Iran unleashes intense waves of strikes across Gulf as Hormuz crisis deepens

Iran intensifies missile and drone attacks across the Gulf, hitting near Dubai and Qatar as air defences respond, defying US President Trump’s claims that the war is winding down.

The Guardian - UK

Three merchant ships struck as tensions rise in Hormuz strait amid Iran war

Crew of Thai-registered bulk carrier forced to flee fire, as US says it has destroyed 16 Iranian mine-laying vessels

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