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• Limpet Mines Hit Tanker Louise 1 in Strait of Hormuz as CENTCOM's Cooper Briefs Trump on Iran Options

  The first successful limpet mine strike of the war sets a tanker's engine room ablaze off Oman as Brent tops $117 and Washington weighs strikes after the midterms.

• U.S. and Iran Both Claim Control of the Strait of Hormuz as Tanker Attacks Hit Record Pace

  CENTCOM says Washington and its partners hold the strait, while Iran's Revolutionary Guards claim two more supertankers hit mines, and independent data backs neither side fully.