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Ukraine's Operation Vivaldi has pushed Russian forces back from the Donbas fortress belt toward the Zherebets and Siverskyi Donets rivers. A look at what the manoeuvre means on the ground and in the wider war.
Iran has floated a seven-day roadmap to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and pause hostilities in exchange for sanctions relief. Washington has said no. Here is what is at stake in the world's most important oil chokepoint.
From the rivers of the Donbas to the Strait of Hormuz, two wars are now pulling on the same lever: energy. A wider look at how simultaneous conflicts are rewiring the global economy.
