Trump urges nations to secure Strait of Hormuz

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  This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service.

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  I'm Charlotte Gallagher and in the early hours of Sunday,

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  the 15th of March, these are our main stories.

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  Donald Trump urges China, Britain and others to send warships to help secure the Strait of Hormuz,

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  the shipping lane which Iran has largely blocked.

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  Israel continues to batter Lebanon and claims it's wiped out over 100 Hezbollah command centres in Beirut.

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  And more of the female Iranian footballers who sought asylum in Australia Also in this podcast.

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  Many people can't use the most basic services like taxi or delivery or banking apps and in some cases bank terminals and ATMs were also affected by these outages.

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  The internet stops working in some major Russian cities.

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  We ask why and what impact it's having.

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  President Trump has told NBC television channel in the US that

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  while Tehran appears ready to make a deal to end the war,

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  its terms aren't good enough yet.

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  He didn't specify what he meant by that,

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  but perhaps a major stumbling block has to do with the narrow but strategically vital stretch of water called the Strait of Hormuz.

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  Tankers carrying about 20% of the world's liquefied natural gas and even more of its oil pass through it.

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  But Iran has carried out attacks on ships there.

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  Traffic is dramatically down and energy prices are up.

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  Donald Trump wants Tehran to let the tankers pass through unhindered.

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  Until that happens, he's asking countries like China and Britain to help the US keep it open.

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