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Hormuz shut, Gibraltar opens

Trump escalates Iran fight as governments lower borders and curb AI's appetite

The largest risk of the day sits in the Gulf, where American strikes and Iranian threats pushed the shipping crisis beyond the Strait of Hormuz. Elsewhere, Europe removed one old border fence, Washington fought itself over immigration tactics, China slowed, and AI's costs moved from pitch decks to courts, grids and voters.

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Russia says Zaporizhzhia engineer killed
Accuses Ukraine of killing the chief engineer of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in a targeted drone strike, according to Russian state nuclear agency Rosatom.
US-Iran military escalation
Threatens Tehran with a total blockade of oil and gas exports as US forces intensify strikes on the port city of Bandar Abbas.

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The Middle East after Gaza

The US launched two air strike waves in one day, including disabling an oil tanker, while Iran expanded missile and drone attacks on US bases across the Gulf, intensifying the direct confrontation over the Strait of Hormuz.

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Russia says Zaporizhzhia engineer killed

Geopolitics·High·Reported 7h 16m ago·Updated 1h 8m ago

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Russia says Zaporizhzhia engineer killed
Accuses Ukraine of killing the chief engineer of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in a targeted drone strike, according to Russian state nuclear agency Rosatom.

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