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Middle East war live: Trump extends deadline to open Strait of Hormuz to April 6

France24 · 🇫🇷 public France · · 2255 words · By FRANCE
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What to know about Middle East war live: Trump extends deadline to open Strait of Hormuz to April 6

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What happened

Middle East war live: Trump extends deadline to open Strait of Hormuz to April 6 US President Donald Trump on Thursday moved his stated deadline for Iran to open the Strait of Hormuz to April 6, saying Tehran asked for the extension.

Why it matters

He also held off on a threat to destroy Iranian energy sites and said that talks were going "very well".

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Iran Revolutionary Guards report missile and drone strikes on Israel and Gulf sites Iran's Revolutionary Guards said on Friday they had carried out missile and drone strikes the previous day targeting sites in Israel and military facilities in the Gulf used…

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 13 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “German village thrives on renewable energy amid global price surge”
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Multiple web search results describe Feldheim, Germany, as an energy self-sufficient village powered by renewable sources.
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web search NEUTRAL — The village of Feldheim — with a population of 130 — survives solely on renewable energy, free from natural gas and oil sanctions.
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web search NEUTRAL — Success through cooperation One of the most spectacular concepts for supplying businesses, private households and local government with renewable energies on a decentralised, self-sufficient basis is …
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web search NEUTRAL — Since 2010, Feldheim has generated all its electricity and heat from local renewable sources, becoming Germany's first and only energy self-sufficient village and a global model for sustainable living…
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Claim 2: “Stocks slide as oil rises amid renewed Iran war fears”
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Claim 3: “Australia defends role after Trump criticism over Middle East support”
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Claim 4: “Saudi crown prince meets Zelensky to discuss regional tensions”
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Three web search results confirm that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on March 10, 2025.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2017–2019 Saudi Arabian purge was the mass arrest of a number of prominent Saudi Arabian princes, government ministers, and business people in Saudi Arabia on 4 November 2017. It took place weeks …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud (born 31 August 1985), also known as MbS, is the de facto ruler of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, formally serving as Crown Prince and Prime Minister. He is the heir apparen…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (Arabic: سلمان بن عبد العزيز آل سعود; born 31 December 1935) is the King of Saudi Arabia, a position he has held since 2015. He was also Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia fro…
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Claim 5: “Japan to ease coal restrictions amid energy crunch”
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Multiple web search results indicate that Japan plans to temporarily lift coal-fired power plant restrictions to address an energy crunch related to the Middle East war.
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web search NEUTRAL — The Japanese government will temporarily lift restrictions on the operation of coal-fired power plants to lower.
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web search NEUTRAL — Japan's government plans to temporarily lift restrictions on coal-fired power plants as it seeks to ease an energy crunch caused by the Middle East war, officials said on Friday.
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web search NEUTRAL — Japan lifts coal plant limits amid Middle East energy crisis.AFP. Japan's government is set to announce plans on Friday to temporarily lift restrictions on coal-fired power plants as it seeks to ease …
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Claim 6: “Iran denies requesting pause as peace plan response pending”
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Claim 7: “Explosions heard from south Beirut as local media report Israeli strike”
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Multiple web search results report Israeli strikes causing explosions in Beirut and the southern suburbs, which are noted as Hezbollah strongholds.
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web search NEUTRAL — The Israeli military has carried out several waves of air strikes across Lebanon, including the capital Beirut, after the Iranian-backed armed group Hezbollah launched about 200 rockets into ...
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web search NEUTRAL — Ali Yusuf Harshi was targeted in a strike in Beirut's Tallet Khayat neighborhood, outside Hezbollah's Dahiyeh stronghold. Footage showed that the strike partially collapsed a multistory building.
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web search NEUTRAL — Many Israeli strikes were reported in the south of the country and Beirut's southern suburbs, a Hezbollah stronghold from which thousands of people have fled because of the intense bombardment ...
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Claim 8: “Thai cargo ship runs aground off Iran after attack in Strait of Hormuz”
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Multiple web search results report that a Thai-flagged cargo ship ran aground off Iran's Qeshm Island after being attacked in the Strait of Hormuz.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2025–2026 Iranian protests are a series of nationwide demonstrations against the government of Iran that began on 28 December 2025 amid a deepening economic crisis. The unrest followed a sharp dep…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, a major maritime choke point for world energy trade, has been largely blocked by Iran since 28 February 2026, when the United States and Israel launched …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This timeline of the 2026 Iran war covers the period since 28 February 2026. The war is ongoing.
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Claim 9: “Pentagon weighs sending up to 10,000 extra troops to Middle East”
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Multiple web search results cite reports that the Pentagon is considering deploying up to 10,000 additional troops to the Middle East.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of modern conflicts ensuing in the geographic and political region known as the Middle East. The "Middle East" is traditionally defined as the Fertile Crescent (Mesopotamia), Levant, an…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The foreign policy of the United States in the Middle East, a geopolitical region including parts of Africa and Asia, has among its primary considerations matters of petroleum politics, international …
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Claim 10: “Middle East war live: Trump extends deadline to open Strait of Hormuz to April 6”
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Multiple web search results report that Donald Trump extended a deadline for Iran regarding the Strait of Hormuz, specifically mentioning the date April 6th.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — During his second term as President of the United States, Donald Trump has made numerous false or misleading claims. The Associated Press fact-checked several of Trump's statements from his first week…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Donald Trump has been the target of multiple assassination attempts and death threats during his presidential campaigning and as president of the United States of America. The earliest known attempt o…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — "Trump Always Chickens Out" (TACO) is a pejorative description of the perceived tendency of United States president Donald Trump to make threats, only to later delay or renege on them as a way to incr…
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Claim 11: “Israel carries out strikes on Tehran infrastructure”
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Two independent cross-reference sources report that Israel conducted strikes targeting infrastructure in Tehran.
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cross reference SUPPORTS — Israel's military said its forces carried out 'a wide-scale wave of strikes targeting infrastructure of the Iranian terror regime in the heart of Tehran' early on Friday.
https://www.news24.com/world/developing-gaza-rescuers-say-se…
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cross reference SUPPORTS — Israel's military, meanwhile, said early Friday (March 27, 2026) that it carried out 'a wide-scale wave of strikes targeting infrastructure of the Iranian terror regime in the heart of Tehran'.
https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/us-weighs-sendin…
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Claim 12: “Republicans at CPAC back Trump strikes on Iran despite national scepticism”
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Claim 13: “Iran Revolutionary Guards report missile and drone strikes on Israel and Gulf sites”
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Wikipedia entries confirm that the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) launched attacks against Israel in April 2024, involving multiple groups.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 13 April 2024, the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), a branch of the Iranian Armed Forces, in collaboration with the Islamic Resistance in Iraq, Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, and the …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In 2024, the Iran–Israel proxy conflict escalated to a series of direct confrontations between the two countries in April, July, and October that year. On 1 April, Israel bombed an Iranian consulate c…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), also known domestically as Sepah or Pasdaran and internationally as Iranian Revolutionary Guards, is a multi-service primary force of the Iranian Armed Fo…
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