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Georgia Democrat David Scott, 80, dies after casting final House vote - BBC

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Apr 22, 202618 votes

Fifa blamed as World Cup trains set to cost $100

New Jersey Governor Mikie Sherrill accuses Fifa of failing to provide funding, which means fans must foot the bill for high transport costs at the World Cup this summer.

Apr 16, 202613 votes

Another woman accuses Swalwell of rape, saying he drugged her in 2018

Another woman has alleged that Eric Swalwell raped her, adding to a growing list of misconduct allegations against the former Democratic lawmaker. Speaking on Tuesday, Lonna Drewes said she had been reluctant to come forward with her allegations that Swalwell drugged and raped her in a hotel room in 2018 because of his "political power". Swalwell has resigned from Congress and withdrawn from California governor's race since accusations against him were reported on Friday. He denies "each and every" sexual misconduct allegation against him. "These accusations are false, fabricated, and deeply offensive - a calculated and transparent political hit job," his attorney Sara Azari said. "The timing, nature, and coordinated rollout of these vile and heinous allegations speak for themselves. This is neither about justice, nor the truth," Azari said in a statement. At a news conference on Tuesday, Drewes' attorney, Lisa Bloom, dismissed Swalwell's earlier public response to other women's accusations - in which he apologised to his wife while denying the allegations - as "blather and spin". Drewes said she met Swalwell in 2018 while working as a model in Beverly Hills, California. She said Swalwell's wife was pregnant at the time, and that she initially considered the congressman her friend. During their third meeting, Drewes said Swalwell told her he needed to go back to his hotel room for something he forgot, where she alleged he choked and raped her. She had had one glass of wine, but was unable to move by the time she arrived at the room, she said, leading her to believe she had been drugged. "While he was choking me I lost consciousness and I thought I died," she said. "I did not consent to any sexual activity." Drewes said she did not undergo a sexual assault exam at the time, but told her close friends about the incident. Bloom, her attorney, said she planned to file a police report with the Los Angeles Police Department on the alleged assault. The attorney said three other women had contacted her about allegations against Swalwell. US Representative Eric Swalwell The accusation follows claims by four other women last week, who accused the congressman of misconduct ranging from sexual harassment to rape, prompting a congressional ethics inquiry. Two other women who accused Swalwell of sending unwanted explicit photos also spoke to the BBC's US partner CBS News this week, saying they were grateful he was facing consequences now and leaving Congress after acting with impunity for years. Annika Albrecht and Ally Sammarco, the accusers, told the outlet they felt vindicated. But Albrecht said there is more to be done. "For me, justice won't be until he can't ever harm a woman ever again, and he has faced the consequences for the women that he has harmed," she said. Sammarco told CNN last week that Swalwell sent her unsolicited nude messages over Snapchat, an app that deletes messages after they're sent. She said the two met after she messaged him over Twitter when she was 24 to discuss careers in politics. "He was pushed into a corner, essentially, because they were planning to expel him … so I think he [resigned] to save face a little," Sammarco told CBS News. "But I also felt very vindicated that he realised it was over for him." Albrecht said she met Swalwell during a college trip, where he initiated contact under the guise of mentorship before sending "sexually inappropriate" messages on Snapchat and inviting her to a hotel room. Sammarco alleged Swalwell "acted with total impunity". "He never thought that the consequences of his actions would follow him," she told CBS. The two accusers were interviewed alongside Cheyenne Hunt, a Democratic influencer who posted a video describing several women's accusations against Swalwell, bringing the issue to the public's attention. Hunt told CBS that more than 30 women had contacted her alleging some type of misconduct from Swalwell since she posted her first video on the issue. Annika Albrecht told CBS News Swalwell sent her sexually inappropriate photos The Manhattan District Attorney's Office is also investigating Swalwell over allegations from an unnamed former staff member who was featured in a San Francisco Chronicle story recounting accusations that he assaulted women in California and New York. The woman in the newspaper article said she woke up naked in his hotel bed in 2019 with fuzzy memories of the night before after going out for drinks with him. Swalwell has denied that accusation as well. Congress returned from recess on Tuesday, with the ethics committee for the House of Representatives planning to take up inquiries into both Swalwell and Texas Republican Tony Gonzales, who had dropped his re-election bid after admitting to having an affair with an aide. Both Swalwell and Gonzales resigned on Tuesday afternoon. Separately, Republican lawmaker Anna Paulina Luna told CNN that she would provide information to the FBI, stating agents had sought to speak with Swalwell. The sexual misconduct allegations have forced a MeToo moment of sorts on Capitol Hill, where Swalwell and his wrongdoing were the talk of the hallways on Tuesday in both chambers of congress. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, a Democrat, told reporters that he was glad to see the congressmen resign and said lawmakers had to be "vigilant" of misconduct, including sexual misconduct. Additional reporting by Ana Faguy, on Capitol Hill Adblock test (Why?)

Apr 15, 202620 votes

What is a naval blockade and how would it work in Strait of Hormuz?

The US military said it would begin enforcing a blockade of all maritime traffic entering and exiting Iranian ports on Monday. It added that ships coming or going from elsewhere would be allowed to pass through the Strait of Hormuz, a critical waterway through which Iran effectively closed in response to US-Israeli strikes. It comes after negotiators from both sides failed to reach a deal to end the war, which began on 28 February. US President Donald Trump said direct talks with Iran in Pakistan failed because Iran was "unwilling to give up its nuclear ambitions". Iran's foreign ministry spokesman blamed the US's "excessive demands and unlawful requests". What has Trump said about the blockade? Posting to Truth Social on Sunday, US President Donald Trump said that the US is going to start "BLOCKADING any and all Ships trying to enter, or leave, the Strait of Hormuz". "I have also instructed our Navy to seek and interdict every vessel in International Waters that has paid a toll to Iran. No one who pays an illegal toll will have safe passage on the high seas," Trump said. He added that the US will also begin destroying the mines he said Iran has laid in the strait. "Any Iranian who fires at us, or at peaceful vessels, will be BLOWN TO HELL!" he continued. Trump said that "at some point" an agreement on free passage will be reached, but "Iran has not allowed that to happen by merely saying, 'There may be a mine out there somewhere,' that nobody knows about but them". He added in another post that "Iran promised to open the Strait of Hormuz, and they knowingly failed to do so." "As they promised, they better begin the process of getting this INTERNATIONAL WATERWAY OPEN AND FAST!" he said. How would a blockade work in practice? The US Navy Commander's handbook on naval operations law from 2022 defines a blockade as a "belligerent operation to prevent vessels and/or aircraft of all States, enemy and neutral, from entering or exiting specified ports, airfields, or coastal areas belonging to, occupied by, or under the control of an enemy State". Trump initially said the US Navy would begin the process of blockading the strait, "effective immediately". Later on Sunday, he told US broadcaster Fox News the blockade "will take a little while, but will be effective pretty soon", and described it as an "all or none" policy. In a post on X, the US Central Command (Centcom) said its forces would begin implementing the blockade at 10:00 EDT (15:00 BST) on Monday. "The blockade will be enforced impartially against vessels of all nations entering or departing Iranian ports and coastal areas, including all Iranian ports on the Arabian Gulf and Gulf of Oman," it said. Centcom added that US forces would not impede the freedom of vessels transiting to and from non-Iranian ports, and that additional information would be provided to commercial mariners via a formal notice before the blockade starts. Trump said that other countries would be involved in blockading the strait, but did not say which ones. The BBC understands that the UK will not be involved in the blockade. Trump also told Fox News that Nato has offered to help "clean out" the strait, adding that it would be free to use again "in not too long a distance". Trump said the US would bring in minesweepers, and that the UK - a member of Nato - would too. "I understand the UK and a couple of other countries are sending minesweepers," he said. Prime Minister Keir Starmer has previously said British military mine-hunting systems are already in the region. A UK Government spokesperson said: "We continue to support freedom of navigation and the opening of the Strait of Hormuz, which is urgently needed to support the global economy and the cost of living back home." The spokesperson said the Strait of Hormuz "must not be subject to tolling". "We are urgently working with France and other partners to put together a wide coalition to protect freedom of navigation." Three legal experts in the US told the BBC that a blockade could violate maritime law. One also questioned whether a blockade, which is enforced militarily, would violate the current ceasefire agreement. Why would the US blockade the strait? The strait's geography has allowed Iran to use it as leverage throughout this war, selectively preventing vessels from passing through the narrow waterway and spiking oil prices in the process. Tehran has been charging huge sums of money for some vessels to pass through. By closing off the strait, Trump could cut off a significant source of revenue for the Iranian government - although this could risk sending oil and gas prices even higher. He told Fox News that "we're not going to let Iran make money on selling oil to people that they like and not people that they don't like", saying the goal instead was letting "all or nothing" pass through the crucial shipping channel. Analysts have suggested that the US president's statement is aimed at building pressure on Iran to make a deal on American terms. On CBS' Face the Nation programme, Republican congressman Mike Turner of Ohio said the blockade was a means to force a resolution to the situation in Hormuz. "The president, by saying we're not just going to let them decide who gets through, is certainly calling all of our allies and everyone to the table," he said. "This needs to be addressed." But Senator Mark Warner of Virginia, the ranking Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee, told CNN on Sunday: "I don't understand how blockading the strait is going to somehow push the Iranians into opening it." What would the impact be? In the near term, Trump's threat to blockade the strait will only affect a small handful of vessels that are still navigating the waterway, shipping expert Lars Jensen told the BBC. "If this is actually done by the Americans, it will halt a very tiny trickle of vessels. In the greater scheme of things, it doesn't really change anything," he says. Jensen, chief executive of Vespucci Maritime, says Trump's threat of preventing safe passage for any ships paying tolls to Iran would also have little impact, as any company doing so would already face sanctions for paying the regime. "First of all, there's very few ships that pass. There's even fewer of those that pay, and those that pay will already be subject to American sanctions," he says. Most shipping companies will continue to wait and see if there is a tentative peace agreement and whether that might hold, Jensen says, and if that occurs, a slow ramping up of shipping may resume. A small number of vessels have passed through the strait since the temporary ceasefire What is the current situation in the strait? A two-week ceasefire in the US-Israel war with Iran agreed on 7 April included a condition that "safe passage" through the narrow waterway would be guaranteed. However, vessels in the area then received messages that they would be "targeted and destroyed" if they attempted to cross the strait without permission, and only a few ships made the journey in the first three days after the ceasefire was announced. By 17:00 BST on 10 April, only 19 ships had been tracked passing through the strait since the ceasefire, according to BBC Verify analysis of ship-tracking data from MarineTraffic. Of these, four were tankers carrying either oil, gas or chemicals. The rest are listed as bulk carriers or container ships of various types. Other ships have made the journey without broadcasting their location. That compares to an average of 138 ships passing through the strait each day before the conflict started on 28 February. Additional reporting by Sareen Habeshian Adblock test (Why?)

Apr 13, 202620 votes

Trump's Strait of Hormuz blockade threat raises risks and leaves predicaments unchanged

Home News US & Canada UK UK Politics England N. Ireland N. Ireland Politics Scotland Scotland Politics Wales Wales Politics Africa Asia China India Australia Europe Latin America Middle East In Pictures BBC InDepth BBC Verify Sport Business World of Business Technology of Business NYSE Opening Bell Technology Artificial Intelligence AI v the Mind Health Culture Film & TV Music Art & Design Style Books Entertainment News Arts Arts in Motion Travel Destinations Africa Antarctica Asia Australia and Pacific Caribbean & Bermuda Central America Europe Middle East North America South America World’s Table Culture & Experiences Adventures The SpeciaList Earth Science Natural Wonders Climate Solutions Sustainable Business Green Living Audio Podcast Categories Radio Audio FAQs Video BBC Maestro Discover the World Live Live News Live Sport 23 minutes ago Anthony ZurcherNorth America correspondent Anadolu via Getty Images A woman waves Iran's national flag in front of a giant billboard reading 'The Strait of Hormuz remains closed' at the Revolution Square in Tehran on 12 April After a diplomatic team led by Vice-President JD Vance tried, and failed, to reach a negotiated agreement to end the US war with Iran on Saturday, President Donald Trump had to decide his next move. That came on Sunday morning, in a series of Truth Social posts. The US will impose a naval blockade of Iran, he wrote. "No one who pays an illegal toll will have safe passage on the high seas," he wrote. He also said that the US would continue clearing mines from the Strait of Hormuz in order to ensure a safe passage for allied shipping. The US military, he added, was "locked and loaded" and prepared to resume attacks against Iran at an "appropriate moment". He went on to say that while progress had been made in the 20-hour negotiations in Islamabad, Iran would not meet the US demand that it abandon its nuclear ambitions. That view was contradicted somewhat by a US official familiar with Vance's negotiations, who spelled out a much longer list of disagreements – including on Iran's control of Hormuz and its support for regional proxies, like Houthi rebels in Yemen and Hezbollah in Lebanon. While Trump's latest posts didn't have the apocalyptic bluster of last week's threat to end Iranian civilisation, they pose a number of new challenges – and risks – for the American side. Live updates on Trump's blockade threat Will mine-clearing activities place American naval vessels at greater risk of Iranian attacks? How would the US determine who paid Iran a toll? Will the US use force on foreign-flagged ships that ignore the blockade? How will nations that depend on Iranian oil, like China, respond? Will the move, intended to choke off Iran's primary income stream, drive up the price of oil to even higher levels? There are no clear answers. "I don't understand how blockading the strait is going to somehow push the Iranians into opening it," Senator Mark Warner of Virginia, the ranking Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee, told CNN on Sunday. On CBS' Face the Nation programme, Republican congressman Mike Turner of Ohio, who until last year chaired the House Intelligence Committee, said the blockade is a means to force a resolution to the situation in Hormuz. JD Vance says US and Iran failed to reach deal Last week, before Iran and the US agreed to a two-week ceasefire and face-to-face negotiations, Trump had found himself in a difficult situation. He could continue to ratchet up the US attacks on Iran, possibly doing long-term damage to the nation's civilian infrastructure, adding to a humanitarian crisis and further destablising the global economy. Or, he could back away from a war that has always been unpopular among the American public and is beginning to frustrate even some of Trump's supporters, who believed his promises to avoid extended foreign conflicts and Middle East entanglements. A new CBS poll suggests that most Americans (59%) feel the war is going somewhat or very badly for the US. Many believe the key US objectives - such as keeping open the Strait of Hormuz, securing greater freedom for the Iranian people, and permanently ending Iran's nuclear programme - remain unmet. Overwhelming bipartisan majorities feel it's important for the US to achieve these goals. Nearly a week has passed and, despite American claims of victory, the predicaments facing the president have not changed. Talking to Fox News on Sunday morning, Trump said that Iran would ultimately give the US "everything" it wants. He added that while oil prices might be the same or higher in the months ahead, he believed the US economy would hold up. That, to say the least, is a gamble. And with November's midterm elections looming, the president's Republican Party could pay dearly at the polls if he is wrong. On Saturday night, as his vice-president was negotiating with the Iranians in Pakistan, Trump travelled to Miami, where he watched prize fighters batter each other in UFC cage matches. It was, according to members of the press pool in attendance, a bizarre spectacle. The president of the United States observed violent contests in a blood-spattered ring, chatted with celebrities and, at times, engaged in intense discussions with his Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, and other advisers, in full view of the thousands of attendees. Ultimate fighting cage matches, despite their ferocity, have set rules and time limits, and end with a clear winner and a loser. It's the kind of clarity that the Iran war may never provide, as it stretches into its second month and the current two-week ceasefire appears on the verge of collapse. The conflict has become a test of wills – of Iran's ability to endure continued US and Israel attacks versus Trump's tolerance for the economic and political pain the war has produced. In the end, all the participants in this fight might be diminished. After Iran talks falter, the big question is what happens next? Concerns after satellite provider restricts Iran images following US pressure Follow the twists and turns of Trump's second term with North America correspondent Anthony Zurcher's weekly US Politics Unspun newsletter. Readers in the UK can sign up here. Those outside the UK can sign up here. Iran Donald Trump United States Iran war More from the BBC Irish PM announces €505m in fuel-cost measures after days of protests Taoiseach (Irish PM) Micheál Martin said groups "with a self-declared" mandate have imposed blockades. Justin Bieber headlines Coachella with nostalgia-fuelled set The star spent much of the gig singing along to YouTube videos of early hits like Baby and Never say Never. Why this disillusioned Trump voter spends hours searching Epstein files Many who support the president have expressed frustration with how Trump's former attorney general Pam Bondi handled the Epstein files. We spoke to the man making viral Lego-style AI videos for Iran. Experts say it's powerful propaganda "Slopaganda" is too weak a term to capture how powerful this "highly sophisticated" content is, one expert says. Iran war lands 'triple blow' to flood-ravaged Sri Lankans The Iran war could not have come at a worse time for Sri Lanka, reeling from devastating floods and an economic crisis. Follow BBC on: Copyright 2026 BBC. All rights reserved. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Read about our approach to external linking.

Apr 12, 202611 votes

Trump's Strait of Hormuz blockade threat raises risks and leaves predicaments unchanged

Apr 12, 202622 votes

Trump's Strait of Hormuz blockade threat raises risks and leaves predicaments unchanged

Apr 12, 20268 votes

US lifts sanctions on some Iranian oil as gas prices soar

EPA The US is weighing lifting sanctions on some Iranian oil, as it scrambles to contain the impact of its war in Iran on energy markets. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent put forward the idea in an interview on the Fox Business programme Mornings with Maria on Thursday, saying it could make more oil available to global buyers. Around the world, energy prices are shooting up as the war takes a toll on shipping and production. If put into action, the move would mark a stunning reversal of longstanding American policy - and one with highly uncertain pay-off. Experts said it was likely to have a limited effect on prices, and could boost funds gong to the Iranian regime that the US is attacking. "To put it mildly, this is bananas," said David Tannenbaum, director of Blackstone Compliance Services, a consultancy specialising in maritime sanctions. "Essentially we're allowing Iran to sell oil, which could then be used to fund the war effort." Before the war, China was the primary buyer of the roughly 4 million barrels coming out of Iran per day, scooping up the oil at a steep discount due to sanctions imposed by the US and other countries. In the interview, Bessent said a waiver on the sales restrictions could help divert more of those supplies to other countries in need of oil, such as India, Japan and Malaysia, while forcing China to pay "market price". He said the US was looking at removing sales restrictions on Iranian oil that is already at sea, which he said amounted to about 140 million barrels. He estimated that would push down global prices for 10 to 14 days. But Bessent did not go into detail about how a potential waiver would work or whether it could include rules to prevent money from the sales from flowing back to the Iranian government. The Treasury Department declined to provide more detail about the proposal. President Donald Trump, when asked about whether he would move forward with the idea, did not provide a clear answer, telling reporters on Thursday that "we will do whatever is necessary to keep the price" before cutting himself off. Because the supply under discussion is relatively small compared to overall demand, the waiver would not have much impact on prices, experts warned. What's more, while lifting sanctions may open up those barrels to more buyers, much of the oil was already making it to market. "It could add a little bit ... but I don't think it's a game changer and it raises a whole lot of questions," said Rachel Ziemba, an adjunct senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security. The proposal follows other US efforts to boost supply, including the release of millions of barrels of oil reserves and the suspension of some sanctions on Russian oil last week. That second decision sparked significant blowback from leaders in Europe, who said it would strengthen Putin's regime and prolong the war in Ukraine. It is not clear whether Bessent's proposal could spark a similar reaction in the US, where the House of Representatives just this week passed a bill aimed at strengthening sanctions on Iran's oil sector. Mike Lawler, a Republican from New York who sponsored the bill, did not respond to a request for comment. Senator Jeanne Shaheen, the top Democrat on the Foreign Affairs committee, also did not respond to a request for comment. Ziemba said she did not think the US would want money from oil sales to go to Iran's government - but it could be hard to prevent in practice. That the US is even considering such a step is a sign of the administration's concern about the current energy shock, she said. "The US government is definitely in an every-barrel-counts situation because of the scale of the supply shock," she said. "They're looking to find additional oil wherever they can." About a fifth of the 100 million barrels of oil that the world consumes every day traditionally travelled via the Strait of Hormuz, which runs along part of Iran's coast. Since the war began at the end of February, shipping in the channel has come to a halt. While some of the barrels being transported through the strait have been successfully re-routed, experts still estimate that the war has knocked about a tenth of the world's supply out of the market. Concerns about the situation have increased, as damaging tit-for-tat attacks on a key gas field operated by Iran and Qatar raise the risk that capacity for providing fossil fuels could be constrained for years, even if the conflict is resolved relatively quickly. Iran sanctions Oil & Gas industry Iran war

Mar 21, 202614 votes

US Senator Jim Justice agrees to pay over $5m in long-overdue taxes

The West Virginia Republican and coal magnate has previously called the collection attempts "politically motivated".

Nov 26, 202517 votes

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What is a naval blockade and how would it work in Strait of Hormuz?

Trump's Strait of Hormuz blockade threat raises risks and leaves predicaments unchanged

Trump's Strait of Hormuz blockade threat raises risks and leaves predicaments unchanged

Trump's Strait of Hormuz blockade threat raises risks and leaves predicaments unchanged

US lifts sanctions on some Iranian oil as gas prices soar

US Senator Jim Justice agrees to pay over $5m in long-overdue taxes