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US strikes Iran after drone attack on ship breaks new ceasefire

On Friday, the U.S. military launched retaliatory airstrikes against Iranian missile and drone sites after a Singapore-flagged cargo ship was struck in the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday.

The escalation threatens a fragile, weeks-old ceasefire agreement intended to end months of conflict and allow more than 11,000 stranded seafarers to evacuate the region. President Donald Trump condemned the drone strike as a "foolish violation" of the truce and ordered the strikes on Iranian coastal radar and storage facilities. In response to the violence, the United Nations' maritime agency has paused its large-scale operation to escort hundreds of commercial vessels safely out of the Persian Gulf.

Global markets are now monitoring whether this exchange marks a total collapse of the peace deal or a contained enforcement of its terms.

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Trump blames Iran for drone strike on cargo ship in strait of Hormuz

https://theguardian.com

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Iran insists on right to control Hormuz after ship hit near Oman

https://theglobeandmail.com

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Trump blames Iran for ‘foolish’ strike on cargo ship in Strait of Hormuz

https://aljazeera.com

 @BF6LT53 from Montana  commented…6hrs6H

I thought that we solved this issue. Didn't Trump have, like multiple times, a "Close Deal With Iran". LOL.

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Elizabeth Warren Walks Back Murder Comments

Congressional Democrats broadly denounced the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson Friday morning, after Republicans started accusing Sen. Elizabeth Warren of excusing violence.“No one's condoning this,” said Rep. Brad Schneider (D-Ill.). “Violence never is the right answer for anything. And it was a horrible murder, a tragic loss for his family.” Warren this week condemned the shooting, but added that people “can be pushed only so far.”"We'll say it over and over," Warren said on MSNBC’S “The ReidOut.” " Violence is never the answer. This guy [Luigi Mangione] gets a trial who's allegedly killed the CEO of UnitedHealth, but you can only push people so far, and then they start to take matters into their own hands."In a statement to POLITICO, Warren said, “Violence is never the answer. Period. I should have been much clearer that there is never a justification for murder.” Top Republicans denounced Warren's comments and the walked-back rhetoric, with House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) calling it “inappropriate and dangerous.”Some House Democrats asked about the incident on Thursday pivoted the conversation to discuss policy options on health care or gun safety.“I don't really know that this is really a space that Congress normally weighs in on,” said Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas). “But at the end of the day, I think it’s an opportunity, because now people are talking about health care and to talk about the fact that this industry has honestly not been as helpful as it could be.”“Violence is never the answer,” said Rep. Troy Carter (D-La.). “We know that there are people suffering, there’s great challenges in healthcare. There's great challenges, and people have, in fact, been wronged, but a process of governance is the way to address that, not violence.”And Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) who denounced the murder, said the killer should be prosecuted and that “I do know that allegedly a ghost gun was used, and we should also ban ghost guns. There's no reason for them beyond the streets.”

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