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The Strait of Hormuz is a narrow gap of water between Iran and the Arabian Peninsula in the Middle East. About 3,000 or more ships pass through the strait each month – that’s about 80 ships per day. About 20% of the world’s oil and gas passes through here. But now, it is an active war zone. As the US and Israel continue to attack Iran, and Iran fires missiles at Israel and surrounding Gulf countries in retaliation, major shipping routes as well as oil and gas production in the region are being disrupted. Iran says it has full control over the Strait of Hormuz, and will “fire on” any ship trying to pass through it. In this episode we explain how this war could affect the wider world and why closing the Strait of Hormuz could increase the prices of petrol, food and electronics for all of us. Kayleen Devlin from BBC Verify tells us what’s happening to ships in the Strait of Hormuz and BBC business reporter Nick Marsh explains why the impact is already being felt in parts of Asia. Instagram: @bbcwhatintheworld Email:whatintheworld@bbc.co.uk WhatsApp: +44 330 12 33 22 6 Presenter: Iqra Farooq Producer: Julia Ross-Roy, Maria Clara Montoya and Ash Mohammed Editor: Verity Wilde
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