Trump announces plan to free stranded ships in Strait of Hormuz | ABC News Top Stories

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Donald Trump announces a plan to free stranded ships in the Strait of Hormuz amid ongoing tensions with Iran, while also addressing antisemitism in Australia.

US President Donald ‌Trump has announced the US will ‌free up ‌ships stranded ‌in ‌the Strait ⁠of Hormuz in the coming hours. In a social media post, he says 'neutral and innocent' countries have been affected by the Iran war and that the US will guide their vessels safely out of the waterways in what he's labelled 'Project Freedom' It's estimated that around 20,000 seafarers are stranded in or near the vital oil shipping channel, which has effectively been blocked by Iran since the beginning of the war. The news comes as Iran reportedly reviews a response from the United States to its 14-point proposal to end the war. Public hearings will begin today in Sydney for the Royal Commission on antisemitism and social cohesion. The first public hearing block will focus on the nature of antisemitism and its impacts on Jewish Australians, with people with a lived experience of anti-Jewish hate expected to give evidence. The inquiry will also this week hear from Jewish leaders who say it's the most significant national examination of antisemitism in Australia's history. The family of a Kumanjayi Little Baby who was allegedly killed in Alice Springs is calling on the country's leaders to…

Topics covered

• US foreign policy
• Strait of Hormuz
• Iran war
• antisemitism
• social cohesion
• community issues
• child safety

Keywords

• Trump
• Strait of Hormuz
• Iran
• antisemitism
• Kumanjayi Little Baby
• Jefferson Lewis
• Project Freedom
• Australia
• social cohesion
• community

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: United States

Places: Strait of Hormuz, Iran, Australia, Alice Springs

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