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;Resize=(620)) A Russian warship fired warning shots near a U.K.-registered pleasure yacht in the English Channel on Tuesday, authorities said, an incident that caused no damage but illustrated heightened tensions between the two countries.
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Tehran's most potent leverage vis-à-vis the U.S. and global economies has proved to be its ability to clamp down on shipping through the Strait of Hormuz. The search for overland routes for oil and other goods has led directly to Syria, an old crossroads revived.
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But the former health secretary told BBC Newsnight he would prefer for the prime minister "to take a decision on his own terms".
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The hospital was on lockdown as officers searched the building, though the lockdown has since been lifted, police said.
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