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1. Trump says U.S. to start blockading the Strait of Hormuz immediately

   

   U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday said the U.S. navy would immediately start blockading the Strait of Hormuz and would also interdict every vessel in international waters that had paid a toll to Iran.

2. Viktor Orbán spent 16 years building Hungary's 'illiberal' democracy. On Sunday, he may be voted out

   

   Viktor Orbán has spent the last 16 years building an 'illiberal' state in Hungary. Endorsed by MAGA, but penalized by the European Union for democratic backsliding, polls suggest Orbán's Fidesz party will lose Sunday's election to centre-right, pro-EU Tisza party, led by former Orbán loyalist Peter Maygar.

3. U.S. vice-president says 21 hours of talks with Iran have ended with no deal

   

4. Fuel protests in Ireland continue as pumps run dry, prices rise amid war in Middle East

   

   Trucks and tractors continued to block access to vital fuel depots and a major port, and vehicles clogging traffic led to closures of part of the main highway around Dublin, as well as sections of other major roadways.

5. Ukraine, Russia accuse each other of violating Orthodox Easter ceasefire

   

   Russia and Ukraine accused each other on Sunday of breaching the 32-hour ceasefire in their four-year war, each reporting close to 2,000 drone and shelling attacks just hours after the truce began on Saturday to mark Orthodox Easter.