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World Service,23 Mar 2026,49 mins

Iran says the Strait is "open to all but those who violate our soil"

Newsday

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Iran warns it would fully close the Strait of Hormuz if Washington followed through with President Trump's threat to "obliterate" power plants in Iran. The head of the The International Energy Agency has said the US and Israeli war with Iran has led to an oil crisis in the Middle East that is worse than the two oil shocks of the Nineteen Seventies (1970s), and the impact of the Russia-Ukraine war put together. US R&B singer R Kelly is currently serving a 30 year sentence for sex trafficking and child sex abuse. One of his victims tells us her story. (Photo: Cargo ships in the Gulf, near the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from northern Ras al-Khaimah;Credit: Reuters)

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