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U.A.E. Preparing to Help Open Strait of Hormuz By Force

WSJ What’s News

The Wall Street Journal

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🗓️ 1 April 2026

⏱️ 14 minutes

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A.M. Edition for April. 1. After sustaining Iranian attacks for weeks, WSJ Middle East editor Andrew Dowell says the United Arab Emirates is working to persuade the U.S. and others to open the key Strait of Hormuz by any means necessary. Plus, the Supreme Court prepares to take on Trump’s efforts to limit U.S. citizenship – a case that’s pushing his relationship with the court to the brink. And Washington scores a major win in its race against Beijing for critical minerals in Africa. But as Alexandra Wexler Snow tells us, exporting cobalt from the Democratic Republic of the Congo is easier said than done. Luke Vargas hosts. Sign up for the WSJ’s free What’s News newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

I think the potential of Agenic is to rethink how work gets done overall.

0:05.0

It challenges all sorts of traditional orthodoxies around how organizations execute the work at hand.

0:11.3

That's Jason Gersatus, CEO of Deloitte U.S., talking about the transformational potential of A.Gentic AI.

0:17.9

Join him later to learn why agents are a game changer for businesses across industries.

0:25.6

Is the Iran War escalating or winding down? We'll get the latest as a third U.S. aircraft carrier

0:32.5

heads to the region. Plus, the Supreme Court takes on President Trump's push to limit U.S. citizenship and a win in

0:40.0

Washington's critical minerals push, even if exporting cobalt from the Democratic Republic of Congo,

0:45.2

is likely easier said than done.

0:47.5

It's going to have to really turn these assets around, but if it manages to do that,

0:53.8

could produce up to somewhere around 5%

0:57.0

of the world's cobalt, which would be a huge boon to the U.S. critical mineral supply chain.

1:02.0

It's Wednesday, April 1st. I'm Luke Vargas for the Wall Street Journal, and here is the

1:06.2

AM edition of What's News, the top headlines and business stories moving your world today.

1:17.9

After sustaining Iranian attacks for weeks, the United Arab Emirates is considering

1:23.5

becoming a combatant in the Iran War, making it the first Persian Gulf country

1:28.2

to do so. We're exclusively reporting that the UAE is now preparing to help the U.S. and others

1:33.7

to open the Strait of Hormuz by force after having assessed its ability to do things like

1:38.6

clear the waterway of mines. With more on what could be a turning point in the war and

1:43.1

golf involvement in it, I'm joined

1:44.9

by the journal's Middle East Bureau Chief Andrew Dowell.

1:47.9

Drew, why now?

1:49.1

Gulf countries have been getting hit by Iran, including the UAE, since the start of the

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