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Vessels on water at the Strait of Hormuz.

The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy warns that ships approaching the vital waterway "will be targeted", after Trump said the US won't be "blackmailed".

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Matheus Cunha
Face and shoulders of US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent wearing a blue suit, white shirt, and red, white, and navy blue striped tie with a US flag lapel pin addressing the press, who are not in shot, in the White House press room. Behind him, there is US flag and and, mostly blocked by his face and body, a big image of the White House with the text 'The White House' beneath.
A black and white image shows a couple in the corner of a booth in a small Paris cafe with their faces close together as if they are about to kiss(Credit: Estate Brassai/ Succession Philippe Ribeyrolles)
Remote rose-coloured modern home on a hillside at dusk (Credit: Richard Powers/ Courtesy of Rizzoli New York)
The race to send Europe’s first orbital rocket into space

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