UK to call for toll-free Strait of Hormuz, wants Lebanon in ceasefire deal
British Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper will say on Thursday that shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, which carries around a fifth of the world's oil and gas, must be toll-free,
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Russian grain ship believed sunk in Ukrainian drone attack is found and towed to shore, TASS says
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Motown girl group Martha and the Vandellas not only recorded an anthem for the civil rights era – they fought for fair pay and proudly called themselves divas