US launches third night of strikes on Iran as Trump announces Hormuz blockade

American president says ships will be charged for safe passage through strait in apparent policy reversal

The US has launched its third consecutive night of strikes on Iran hours after Donald Trump said Washington would reinstate a maritime blockade on the country and, in an apparent policy reversal, charge ships for safe passage.

“These strikes will continue imposing a heavy cost on Iranian forces and degrade their ability to attack innocent civilians and commercial shipping in the strait of Hormuz,” the US military’s Central Command said.

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Mexico to demand criminal complaints over migrants killed by ICE in US

Claudia Sheinbaum says Mexicans ‘outraged’ over killing last week of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo by agents in Houston

Claudia Sheinbaum announced on Monday that Mexico would be demanding criminal complaints in the US for the deaths of more than a dozen Mexican migrants in immigration detention and those killed in anti-migrant operations.

The deaths include last week’s killing of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston, whom Sheinbaum said was “practically murdered”.

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U.K. to designate Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist group – The Washington Post

  1. U.K. to designate Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist group  The Washington Post
  2. UK says an Iran-backed group was behind attacks on Jewish community and bans Revolutionary Guard  AP News
  3. Iran slams UK decision to ban IRGC as ‘irresponsible’  The Times of Israel
  4. UK bans support for two Iranian groups over antisemitic attacks in Britain  Reuters
  5. UK bans support for Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps  BBC
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