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Today, President Trump has told reporters Iran war will be over 鈥渧ery soon鈥�, but not this week.

Meanwhile, US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth says this will be the 鈥渕ost intense鈥� day of US strikes on Iran so far. So how close is the war to ending?

Alex and James are joined by Caitr铆ona Perry, Chief Anchor of 麻豆社 News in Washington, to try to decode what Trump might mean.

Meanwhile, Trump has also threatened Iran with "death, fire, and fury" if it continues to disrupt shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, which carries around a fifth of global oil supplies.

Michelle Wiese Bockmann, senior maritime intelligence analyst at Windward, joins Alex and James to explain why the Strait is so vital.

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