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• Strait of Hormuz: Container Ship GFS Pride Sunk as Iran Escalates Attacks, Ties Oil Push to U.S. Midterms

  Singapore confirms the container ship GFS Pride sank after a projectile strike, a second ship was reported sinking, and Iran's Hormuz campaign hit a wartime high as Trump weighs renewed strikes.

• US jet disables ship running Iran blockade as Hormuz attacks rise and talks stall

  CENTCOM says four ships disabled and 135 turned back since July as Trump rules out new Iran strikes before the midterms.

• Iran calls U.S. reply on reopening Strait of Hormuz 'insufficient' as tanker attacks continue

  Tehran's security chief says Washington accepted only some of Iran's seven conditions; the Foreign Ministry says a formal reply will go through mediators.