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About 20% of global oil and gas flows through this narrow shipping lane in the Gulf.

Lammy said he had told Iran that it would be a "catastrophic mistake" for them to retaliate by firing at US bases, or by blockading the key shipping lane of the Strait of Hormuz.

Through launching Western and domestically-produced drones, Russia's fleet has been forced back, and a major shipping lane has been restored.

It warned that the part of the Channel was "a particularly dangerous sector, especially in the middle of winter for precarious and overloaded boats", as it was a busy shipping lane with difficult weather conditions.

Last weekend, Trump shared plans on Truth Social to take over the shipping lane, adding that Panama would be forced to “return” the canal if it didn’t meet his demands.