By The UN Security Council will vote Friday on a draft resolution brought by Bahrain to authorize the use of “defensive” force to protect shipping in the Strait of Hormuz from Iranian attacks. Iran has placed a stranglehold on the key shipping lane — threatening fuel supplies and roiling the global economy — in retaliation for US-Israeli strikes that triggered the month-old Middle East war. FRANCE 24’s International Affairs Editor Andrew Hilliar tells us more.
