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Inside Trump’s ‘Project Freedom’ plan to open the Strait of Hormuz | Global News Podcast
We ask the BBC’s diplomatic correspondent Paul Adams about the strategy behind President Donald Trump’s Project Freedom – a plan for US forces to guide stranded ships through the Strait of Hormuz.
On Tuesday, the US Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth said the US had established “a powerful red, white and blue dome” of defence over the Strait as a “gift to the world”, and that two American commercial ships had already made the crossing.
There is growing concern that the operation could jeopardise the fragile ceasefire between Washington and Tehran. US Central Command has said that since the start of Project Freedom, the Iranian military has fired at American naval and commercial ships. Iran has also resumed firing missiles at the United Arab Emirates, and is suspected of targeting a South Korean cargo vessel anchored in the Strait of Hormuz.
Washington’s top general, Dan Caine, has said that the latest Iranian attacks have fallen below the threshold of restarting major combat operations, but that American forces were ready to resume such operations.
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Back in 1997, over 5 million pieces of Lego were lost at sea during a storm. Now, almost 30 years later, they’re still washing up on beaches around the world.
What began as a curious mystery turned into a global treasure hunt, but quickly uncovered a bigger issue hiding just beneath the surface.
This is the story of the Great Lego Spill – and what it tells us about plastics in our oceans.
In this video…
00:00 – The brick that changed the world
00:40 – The Great LEGO Spill explained
02:21 – The treasure hunt begins
03:58 – The first pieces are found
05:21 – How many containers were lost at sea?
06:13 – What impact does plastic have on our oceans?
07:56 – Lego responds
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Donald Trump tells Iran ‘clock is ticking’ as oil prices jump again due to uncertainty | BBC News
US President Donald Trump has threatened Iran by saying the “clock is ticking” and “they better get moving, FAST, or there wont …
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Will Andy Burnham win his Westminster seat? What’s going on behind the scenes in Number 10? And who are the other Labour …
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People living close to the epicentre of a deadly Ebola outbreak have told the BBC of their fear, as the World Health Organization …
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The chief of the World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, who declared the outbreak of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo an international emergency last week, said he was “deeply concerned about the scale and speed of the epidemic”.
Officials said more than 513 cases were suspected in the country as of Tuesday, while one person has died in neighbouring Uganda.
It is feared the outbreak may have been ongoing for several weeks before it was first detected on 24 April.
There is no vaccine for the Bundibugyo strain of the virus fuelling the latest rise in cases, but the WHO is evaluating whether other drugs may provide protection.
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