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Plans by Bahrain, Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz in the works · The Front

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  Speaker 1: Today's biggest news from the Australian I'm Christanamia with the
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  Speaker 1: Front's afternoon headlines. The UN Security Council will this weekend
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  Speaker 1: vote on a bid by Bahrain to use quote defensive
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  Speaker 1: force in the Strait of Hormuz. That's the vital shipping
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  Speaker 1: route through which about twenty percent of the globe's daily
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  Speaker 1: oil supply flows. The strait is controlled by Iran, and
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  Speaker 1: the regime has retaliated against US military force in the
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  Speaker 1: Middle East by blocking oil ships from traveling through. Bahrain's
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  Speaker 1: ambassador to the UN said the whole world has been
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  Speaker 1: affected by what he called unacceptable economic terrorism. A sixth
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  Speaker 1: draft of the resolution brought by Bahrain reportedly states all ships,
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  Speaker 1: although part of a voluntary multinational naval partnership, should be
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  Speaker 1: allowed to use quote all defensive means necessary and co
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  Speaker 1: measure it with the circumstances to pass safely through the
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  Speaker 1: Strait of Hormulls for at least six months. But Iran
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  Speaker 1: is reportedly working on a plan with Oman to make
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  Speaker 1: tankers and ships pay to pass through. While the dollar
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  Speaker 1: figure of such a toll isn't yet known, previous reports
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  Speaker 1: suggest Iran will seek upwards of two million US dollars
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  Speaker 1: per ship. Australia's Energy Minister Chris Bowen said on Friday
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  Speaker 1: just over four hundred service stations nationwide have run out
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  Speaker 1: of diesel as a result of disruption caused by the
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  Speaker 1: conflict in the Middle East. Almost half of those are
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  Speaker 1: located in New South Wales. Bowen said oil refineries are
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  Speaker 1: working to make up the shortfall over the Easter Long
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  Speaker 1: weekend after prioritizing supplies in rural and regional areas. A
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  Speaker 1: sexual harassment claim brought by actor Blake Lively against her
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  Speaker 1: co star and director Justin Baldoni was dismissed by a
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  Speaker 1: US federal judge on Friday. Judge Lewis J. Littman said
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  Speaker 1: because Lively was a contractor and not an employee on
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  Speaker 1: their film, it ends with us, she wasn't entitled to
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  Speaker 1: bring sexual harassment claims under the law. Lively sued Baldoni
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  Speaker 1: and his production company Wayfarer Studios in late twenty twenty four,
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  Speaker 1: alleging he acted inappropriately on set during production of the
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  Speaker 1: film adaptation of Colin Hoover's novel. Baldoni and Wayfarer countersued
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  Speaker 1: Lively and her husband, the actor Brian Reynolds shortly thereafter,
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  Speaker 1: accusing the superstar couple of defamation and extortion. Baldoni's claim
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  Speaker 1: was dismissed in mid twenty twenty five, but Lidmann will
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  Speaker 1: allow a jury to hear three claims brought by Lively,
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  Speaker 1: including retaliation, that means many of the actors sexual harassment
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  Speaker 1: allegations will likely still be aired in court. The judge
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  Speaker 1: said a jury may conclude, based on evidence presented in court,
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  Speaker 1: that Baldoni and his associates set out to destroy Lively's
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  Speaker 1: reputation and her career. Home values across Australia are on
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  Speaker 1: shaky ground as buyers run scared. Property prices in Sydney
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  Speaker 1: and Melbourne are already on the wayne due to consecutive
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  Speaker 1: interest rate rises and surging inflation. Check out those stories
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