Middle East live: US military strikes ship violating blockade of Iranian ports

France 24 reports the US military struck a Panama-flagged ship on Tuesday, saying it had tried to approach an Iranian port in violation of a blockade imposed by Washington. President Trump repeated his assertion that the US now holds "total control" over the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow chokepoint between Iran and Oman that carries a significant share of the world's oil shipments.

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