US allies reject Trump's call for help in Strait of Hormuz

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

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  I'm Nick Miles, and in the early hours of Tuesday, the 17th of March, these are our main stories.

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  President Trump repeats his call to allies for keeping the Strait of Hormuz open,

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  but it's falling on deaf ears.

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  In Lebanon,

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  more than 800,000 people have been forced to flee their homes and towns because of Israeli bombardments.

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  The growing toll of daily life in Cuba from the U.S.

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  fuel blockade.

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  We have Bergman, we have I Am Death, we have all these things.

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  After the death of the woman who brought us Swedish death cleaning,

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  a tribute to her work from her daughter.

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  And the English Premier League club Chelsea is hit with a record fine

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  for breaking football's financial rules.

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  All is not going the way Donald Trump was hoping for in the war with Iran.

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  Iranian attacks on commercial oil tankers in the Strait of Hormuz have dramatically reduced the amount of oil and natural gas passing through that narrow stretch of water.

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  And that means fuel prices are rising and governments and the rest of us are worried about what that means for the cost of living.

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  So how is that going to change?

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  Well,

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