Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Korova Coleman.
President Trump is flying home to the U.S.
After concluding his state visit to China.
He's claiming success with business deals, but few details have been announced.
Before he left, Trump told Fox News that Iran has to pick between making a deal with the U.S.
Or, quote, get annihilated.
NPR's Aya Batrawi has the latest.
The UK's Maritime Trade Operations Center,
which tracks maritime security in the Persian Gulf, says a ship off the coast of Oman sank after an explosion this week.
It says another ship, anchored off the coast of the United Arab Emirates,
was seized by unauthorized personnel and taken to Iranian territorial waters on Thursday.
Iran has not commented on these incidents, but Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said Friday,
Iran is not to be blamed for the situation in the Strait of Hormuz.
He said Iran is defending itself and that the strait is open to, quote, friendly countries.
Nearly all oil tankers and commercial ships have been unable to transit the strait
since March due to Iranian threats following the U.S.-Israeli war.
Aya Batrawi, NPR News, Dubai.
It's been a week since Britain held municipal elections.
That's when the U.K.'s center-left Labour Party suffered big losses.
Now some potential candidates have emerged to replace the unpopular prime minister.