According to BBC News, the United States and Iran are set to begin talks in Switzerland. Iran claims it has closed the Strait of Hormuz in response to deadly Israeli attacks in Lebanon, but the US military disputes this assertion. The Strait of Hormuz handles roughly one-fifth of the world's oil trade, making any closure—or claim of one—economically significant.

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