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Uncle Joe

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Sun Apr 5, 2026, 05:01 PM 3 hrs ago

Trump issues a new warning hours after a second US airman is rescued from inside Iran BBC News



The US President has threatened to target civilian infrastructure inside Iran, if a deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz is not reached with Tehran.

The very strongly worded social media post followed new details of a daring US mission to rescue a second US airman, stranded for around 48-hours inside Iran after a US fighter jet was shot down.

As rhetoric around the Strait of Hormuz escalates, our Senior International Correspondent reports from the Gulf of Oman on what a potential US operation there could look like.
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