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Middle East crisis live: Trump orders US to ‘shoot and kill’ boats laying mines in Hormuz strait; Israel-Lebanon truce extended

US president claims ‘total control’ of strait of Hormuz despite Iranian seizure of two ships and report warning it could take months to clear waterway of minesTrump claims US has total control over strait of Hormuz after Iran seizes two container shipsAnalysis: Trump may talk of regime infighting, b...

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by Adam Fulton
Middle East crisis live: Trump orders US to ‘shoot and kill’ boats laying mines in Hormuz strait; Israel-Lebanon truce extended

US president claims ‘total control’ of strait of Hormuz despite Iranian seizure of two ships and report warning it could take months to clear waterway of mines

An internal Pentagon email outlines options for the US to punish Nato allies it believes failed to support US operations in the war against Iran, a US official has told the Reuters news agency.

The options include suspending Spain from the alliance and reviewing the US position on Britain’s claim to the Falkland Islands, the official is quoted as saying.

As President Trump has said, despite everything that the United States has done for our Nato allies, they were not there for us.

The war department will ensure that the President has credible options to ensure that our allies are no longer a paper tiger and instead do their part.”

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