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Hormuz burns, Ankara bargains

Trump escalates Iran confrontation as allies haggle, weather bites and populists test courts

The past half-day brought a familiar mix of hard power and brittle politics. Washington hit Iran after tanker attacks near Hormuz, Donald Trump used NATO to reward Turkey and scold Europeans, and extreme weather kept moving faster than governments could tidy up the damage.

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