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France Moves Aircraft Carrier to Red Sea With Eye on Hormuz Mission

France deployed its Charles de Gaulle carrier strike group to the Red Sea on May 6 as part of planning for a potential mission to secure the Strait of Hormuz. The French government, alongside Britain, is proposing a multinational force to ensure safe transit through the waterway, urging Washington and Tehran to consider the proposal given the global economic impact of their competing blockades and the vital importance of the strait for global energy and trade.