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 "slug": "signal-no-30-forty-countries-zero-warships-2-april-2026",
 "title": "Signal No. 30 ·  Forty countries, zero warships  ·  2 April 2026",
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 "excerpt": "\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGroßwald Signal · No. 30\n\n\nThursday, 2 April 2026\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nINT NAV DPL Forty countries, zero warships — UK convenes Hormuz coalition talks without the US\n\n\nReuters 2 Apr · Reuters 2 Apr · Reuters 2 Apr · Al Jazeera 2 Apr · FT 2 Apr\n\n\nBritish Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper chaired a virtual summit of more than 40 countries on Thursday to discuss reopening the Strait of Hormuz. The United States did not attend. Participants included France, Germany, Italy, Canada, Japan, the UAE, India,",
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