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Today. I'm John Batchel. I welcome my colleague and friend Gregory Copley, defense and foreign affairs, author of the new book Noble State.

And we'll have an especial Charles report today

because of the pending visit to the United States

and the dispute between Washington and London over governance.

But we begin in the Strait of Hormuz and the Red Sea,

especially the Strait of Hormuz,

the headline in the Financial Times,

tankers transiting Strait of Hormuz, then headline in the Financial Times, tankers transiting Strait of Hormuz stop or turn around amid U.S. blockade.

Data shows subhead.

U.S. military says no ships pass through its operation to seal off Iranian ports in the first 24

hours.

Gregory, a very good evening to you.

The reporting, according to the U.S.,

is that the streets of Hormuz are now shut

to all outgoing and incoming traffic.

That means traffic that is either shadow fleet,

one instance was cited earlier in these hours,

or attached to transporting oil to Asia, especially China.

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