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Get the free app no ads · no paywallPolitics · 9 June 2026
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President Trump says Iran shot down a US Apache helicopter over the Strait of Hormuz on Monday night, and America "must, of necessity, respond to this attack." He announced this on social media, despite previously claiming a peace deal with Iran was close. The two US pilots involved in the incident are safe and uninjured.
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