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China and Russia vetoed a UN resolution encouraging states to coordinate efforts to protect commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday and the US ambassador to the world body called on “responsible nations” to join the US in securing the vital waterway.The 15-member Security Council voted 11 in favor of the resolution presented by Bahrain, with two against - China and Russia - and two abstentions.For all the latest headlines follow our Google News channel online or via the app.US President Donald Trump threatened that “a whole civilization will die tonight” as Iran showed no sign of accepting his ultimatum to open the Strait of Hormuz by Tuesday evening, Washington time.Oil prices have surged since the US and Israel struck Iran at the end of February, unleashing a conflict that has run for more than five weeks while Tehran has largely closed the Strait that was previously the route for about a fifth of global oil and liquefied natural gas.“The draft resolution has not been
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