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Summary
of the day so far
Here is a
summary of the day so far
- The US blockade of all Iranian Gulf ports and coastal areas has begun. Seafarers and the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations have received notices warning that the blockade will apply to all vessel traffic, regardless of flag.
- Donald Trump vows that ships approaching US blockade of Iran’s ports will be ‘eliminated’. “Iran’s navy is laying at the bottom of the sea,” he wrote on social media platform Truth Social.
- Nato allies said on Monday they would not get involved in US president Donald Trump’s plan to blockade the strait of Hormuz, proposing instead to intervene only once fighting ends, in a move likely to anger Trump and increase strains in the alliance.
- Trump lashed out on social media at Pope Leo XIV, who, over the weekend, had called for an end to war without directly mentioning the conflict in Iran. The US president posted a more than 300-word diatribe on Truth Social accusing the pope of catering to the “Radical Left” and being “terrible” for foreign policy.
- The pope on Monday told reporters that he has “no intention to debate” with Trump over Iran – but went on to say that he will “continue to speak out loudly against war, looking to promote peace, promoting dialogue and multilateral relationships among the states to look for just solutions to problems.”
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