A dangerous move and germany says its an aggravation of an already tense situation irans revolutionary guards forward the stand in pay to a british vessel it detained in the Straits Of Hormuz after and a radiant oil tanker was hailed in. Britain say its a dangerous move but london is to terror and not to let the tit for tat spiral i use to control. Priority. Continues to be to find a way to deescalate the situation thats why i reached out to the Iranian Foreign minister thats why due process interpol to continues we need to see the legal ceasing of a Pushbike Test so robust we need to ship released we continue to be very concerned the safety of well the treasury 3 crew members. The u. K. s allies are also stepping up pressure on iran u. S. President donald trump wants to run to accept more concessions over its nuclear
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Today’s Red Sea skirmishes raise multifaceted concerns, which range from the war in Gaza widening and awakening old wounds, to geopolitical frontlines being rewritten by shifting chokepoints.
to understand that the only sanctuary that they would enjoy would be across the border in iran itself. but where they re conducting business now in iraq, in syria, in gaza, in yemen, threatening the red sea, eventually trying to do something in the straits of hormuz by the gulf. this is not acceptable. so what s it going to take to keep this escalation from turning into the expansion that you re warning us about? well, i think what the united states is doing now is long overdue in terms of their attacks against the houthis. and we have seen the protests that have taken place in yemen. it kind of defies logic. thousands and thousands of citizens are supporting hamas and supporting the houthis and their efforts to disrupt international traffic on the red
but if there is escalation? that is big fear, it turns into but if there is escalation? that is big fear, it turns into a but if there is escalation? that is big fear, it turns into a regional. big fear, it turns into a regional conflagration that doesn t just affair the sea ways but the straits of hormuz this is on the other side between saudi arabia and iran, and 20 million barrels of oil a day flow through that route. that is round a fifth of global consumption, so it is vital route as you mentioned, for the supply of, and this is important for the uk at the moment, liquefied natural gas. if it got hold of the flow of oil out of if it got hold of the flow of oil out of the strait of hormuz, we are talking out of the strait of hormuz, we are talking about oil prices shooting to $200. talking about oil prices shooting to $200, there have been several studies $200, there have been several studies by the world bank and so on say the studies by the world bank and so on say
they could have accurately degraded the houthis five years ago. didn t need to wait. we have enormous intelligence assets in the region. i think we knew where the missiles and the drones and everything were coming for. i think president biden had to get pressured into it. his first instinct is not to escalate, to be in my view overly cautious but i think he finally realized the houthis were not going to go away and it was beginning to impede the world s commerce. 15% goes through the strait and time to get something done. john: you mentioned the shipping that goes through here, and the strait about 18 miles wide, about half the width of the straits of hormuz up until now was the choke point. 27 attacks on commercial shipping since november 19th and then there s this, more than 130 attacks against u.s. interests in the middle east, and of course, we all know when we go