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Live Updates: Seized ship taken toward Iran as Trump and China's Xi agree Strait of Hormuz "must remain open"

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  3:19 AM Trump says he and China's Xi "feel very similar on Iran" As his summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping was wrapping up Friday, President Trump told reporters the two leaders "feel very similar on Iran" and share a desire to bring the Iran war to an end. Mr. Trump noted that both countries want the Strait of Hormuz — a key chokepoint that 20% of the world's oil usually travels through — to be reopened -- and both want to keep Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. Mr. Trump told Fox News after he and Xi met Thursday that Xi said he's not going to give any military equipment to Iran, which the U.S. president called a "big statement." It remains to be seen if Xi follows through. Mr. Trump also told Fox News that Xi wants to help reopen the  Strait of Hormuz , which has been effectively closed since the U.S.'s war with Iran began in late February. China is Iran's biggest oil customer.…

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