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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Jason Burke, Shah Meer Baloch in Islamabad and Hannah Ellis-Petersen in Delhi

US fires on Iranian-flagged oil tanker as Trump gives Tehran fresh ultimatum

People drive past an anti-US billboard depicting US president Donald Trump and the Strait of Hormuz covering his mouth alongside the line 'At the breaking point'
People in Tehran drive past an anti-US billboard depicting Donald Trump and the strait of Hormuz. Photograph: Majid Asgaripour/Wana/Reuters

The US military fired on an Iranian-flagged oil tanker on Wednesday, shortly after Donald Trump issued a fresh ultimatum to Tehran, telling it to accept a deal to end the war or face a new wave of US bombing “at a much higher level and intensity than it was before”.

The US fighter fired several rounds and “disabled the tanker’s rudder” as it attempted to breach the US’s blockade of Iranian ports, US Central Command said in a social media post.

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