Bessent calls on allies to join US operation in Hormuz

Advertisement Live Bessent calls on China, allies to join US operation in Hormuz Advertisement Go to latest Main developments Welcome to Need to Know this Tuesday, May 5. Here are some of the main developments from overnight. The US military said two US Navy guided-missile destroyers had entered the Gulf to break an Iranian blockade and that two US merchant ships had transited the Strait of Hormuz US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent called on US allies and on China to join an American operation to escort ships through the Strait of Hormuz. Lebanon’s most senior Shi’ite politician said there could…