UN Security Council Votes on Strait of Hormuz Resolution

0:00It's April 3rd, welcome in. This is Global News Today, where global headlines meet AI. The United Nations Security Council gears up for a vote tomorrow morning Saturday, April 3rd, on a Bahrain-led resolution to safeguard commercial. Ships in and around the straight of Hormuz. Bahrain, holding the council chair, wants to greenlight all necessary defensive actions amid rising tensions, but China has flat out rejected any nod to using force. Oil prices keep climbing after United States and Israel hit Iran late February, sparking over a month of conflict that's basically shut down this. Vital shipping lane. That chokehold threatens global trade, and Bahrain tweaked the draft multiple times to dodge pushback, dropping tougher enforcement language to win. Over skeptics like Russia and China. Bahrain's foreign minister called Iran's moves in unlawful grab on navigation, urging a unified council stand, while China's envoy warned it could, spark more chaos.

1:02Gulf Arab states, Washington, the Arab League, and even Britain after hosting a big meeting with over 40 nations, all-back Bahrain's push for safe. Passage. Diplomats finalized the fourth draft yesterday after breaking the silence procedure, putting it in blue for the vote. It would authorize defenses for at least six months, or until the council says stop, needing nine yes votes and no vetoes from the big five permanent members. With President Trump vowing more strikes but no clear plans to reopen the straight, market state jittery and prices high, I stay glued to that vote as the world watches if cooler has prevail on this powder keg waterway.