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static.klipy.comDaredevil: Born Again season 2 finale brings back a Marvel hero
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Trump pauses 'Project Freedom' in the Strait of Hormuz after 36 hours
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Oklahoma City Thunder beat Lakers 108-90, take 1-0 lead
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Australia pledges $30m to help Fiji with rising fuel costs
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Trump pauses 'Project Freedom' in the Strait of Hormuz after 36 hours
President Donald Trump halted "Project Freedom," the US naval operation in the Strait of Hormuz, after 36 hours and said he will seek a negotiated deal with Iran. The operation began amid the US-Israel war on Iran and aimed to break Iran's control over the Hormuz shipping chokepoint, with destroyers such as USS Truxtun deployed to the area. Commanders had pushed naval forces into a high-risk chokepoint that raised immediate escalation risks for the wider regional conflict. Pausing the mission shifts US policy from short-term military pressure to diplomacy and matters for global oil transit and regional stability.
![💢 Rubio: U.S. launches “defensive” operation to break Iran’s Hormuz blockade
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the U.S. has launched “Project Freedom” to escort stranded ships out of the Persian Gulf, claiming “almost 23,000 civilians from 87 different countries” have been left “trapped… and left for dead” by Iran’s blockade of the Strait of Hormuz.
Rubio said “these are innocent bystanders… being held hostage,” adding that “at least 10 civilian sailors have already died.” He said “nations have asked [the U.S.] to help free their ships,” and claimed President Trump “has stepped up… answered the call for help” by creating a “protective bubble under which they can operate and move product”— calling it “the first step at reopening the Strait.”
He repeatedly framed the mission as limited, saying “this is not an offensive operation… there’s no shooting unless we’re shot at first,” while warning U.S. forces will respond with “lethal efficiency.”
He said the U.S. is working to “restore freedom of navigation,” while pairing the operation with sanctions he claims are costing Iran “as much as $500 million a day,” warning Tehran faces “economic collapse… and ultimately total defeat.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:avtgggryiqtjlg5wwsufccua/bafkreidquqev2644wxx23nui4bb3slhhzolpokje3nklipjxgop2ktepsq)
