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Does Benjamin Netanyahu have everything to gain from the war with Iran and Donald Trump a lot more to lose?
With elections in both the US and Israel this year, how risky is the decision to go to war?
This is the Global Story podcast, and we've been speaking to the BBC's international editor,
Jeremy Bowen, about whether Netanyahu and Trump's visions for Iran align.
Listen to the Global Story on bbc.com or wherever you get your podcasts.
Attention all ships, attention all ships, attention all ships.
This is Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard for the Navy.
From now on, all navigating through the Strait of Hormuz is forbidden.
No ship in every type is not allowed to pass from the Strait of Hormuz till next notice.
That's Iran telling the world they're closing the Strait of Hormuz.
It's a narrow gap of water in the Middle East between Iran and the Arabian Peninsula.
About 20% of the world's oil and gas passes through it.
It's an active war zone, and I don't think we've ever seen that to that extent.
We're going to explain why you should care about the Strait of Hormuz.
But just to recap the week a bit,
we're on day seven of the conflict in the Middle East between Iran, Israel and the US.
All this week, we've been keeping you updated,
explaining how the US and Israel launched attacks against Iran,
killing the country's supreme leader, which have led to attacks in response by Iran.