Continued US-Iran strikes, Platner race withdrawal and splitting ocean floor

Iran threatens to close the Strait of Hormuz amid U.S. strikes, Trump departs Turkey in the old Air Force One plane, Platner drops his Maine Senate bid over sexual assault claims, Russia's Lavrov visits Niger on the second leg of his Africa tour, scientists observe the ocean floor splitting apart for the first time, the WHO projects that global annual cancer cases could hit 35 million by 2050, the EU allowstech companies to scan private messages for child abuse material, a court denies Trump's appeal on E. Jean Carroll's $5.8 million payment, Meta commits $9.2 billion to build its first Canadian data center, and Welsh singer Bonnie Tyler dies aged 75.

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