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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Maira Butt

Trump asks ships to pay 20% toll in Strait of Hormuz and reimposes US blockade on day of chaos

Donald Trump taunted Iran on Monday with threats to become the “guardian angel” of the Strait of Hormuz and impose a toll for safe passage through the waterway as the conflict between the warring nations reignited.

Traffic through the vital shipping route has come to a near standstill with no commercial vessels openly transiting overnight on Monday, although some may have passed with their transponders switched off.

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