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Strait of Hormuz Crisis Deepens & Ukraine Expands Deep Strike Campaign - News (Jul 12, 2026)
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Strait of Hormuz Crisis Deepens
We begin in the Middle East, where tensions around the Strait of Hormuz have escalated sharply. Iran says it is closing the strait indefinitely after new US strikes on Iranian targets, and it has launched missiles and drones toward Gulf neighbors. A commercial ship in the waterway was attacked and left burning, with at least one crew member missing, while air defenses were activated in Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain. This matters because Hormuz is one of the main arteries for global oil and gas trade. If traffic through that corridor is seriously disrupted, the impact will not stay local. It can quickly feed into fuel prices, shipping costs and wider economic uncertainty around the world.
Ukraine Expands Deep Strike Campaign
In the Russia-Ukraine war, Kyiv says it is formalizing a new long-range strike command as it intensifies attacks on Russian energy and logistics targets. Ukrainian officials say key oil and port-related infrastructure in southern Russia was hit, along with maritime targets near the Sea of Azov. Russia responded with missile and aerial bomb attacks that kill
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Strait of Hormuz Crisis Deepens - Iran says it is closing the Strait of Hormuz after new US strikes, raising the risk of major disruption to global oil, gas and commercial shipping. Keywords: Iran, Strait of Hormuz, Gulf, energy markets, missiles, shipping crisis.
Ukraine Expands Deep Strike Campaign - Ukraine is creating a long-range strike command while hitting Russian energy and logistics targets, as Moscow responds with attacks on Ukrainian cities. Keywords: Ukraine, Russia, Zelenskyy, refineries, sanctions, Sea of Azov.
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Episode Transcript
Strait of Hormuz Crisis Deepens
We begin in the Middle East, where tensions around the Strait of Hormuz have escalated sharply. Iran says it is closing the strait indefinitely after new US strikes on Iranian targets, and it has launched missiles and drones toward Gulf neighbors. A commercial ship in the waterway was attacked and left burning, with at least one crew member missing, while air defenses were activated in Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain. This matters because Hormuz is one of the main arteries for global oil and gas trade. If traffic through that corridor is seriously disrupted, the impact will not stay local. It can quickly feed into fuel prices, shipping costs and wider economic uncertainty around the world.
Ukraine Expands Deep Strike Campaign
In the Russia-Ukraine war, Kyiv says it is formalizing a new long-range strike command as it intensifies attacks on Russian energy and logistics targets. Ukrainian officials say key oil and port-related infrastructure in southern Russia was hit, along with maritime targets near the Sea of Azov. Russia responded with missile and aerial bomb attacks that kill