Trump orders blockade of Hormuz Strait

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US navy will begin blockading ships trying to enter or leave the Strait of Hormuz “effective immediately”, US President Donald Trump said in a social media post Sunday.

He added that the US would ‌also “interdict” every ‌vessel in international waters that had paid a toll to Iran for passing through the critical waterway.

France 24 correspondent Fraser Jackson tells us the latest.

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