00:00US President Donald Trump appears to warn Oman against supporting Iran over any move to reopen or alter control of
00:08the Strait of Hormuz.
00:09Trump says Oman must behave, or he will in his own words, blow them up, adding that the strategic waterway
00:17must remain open to all nations.
00:20The Strait is going to be open to everybody.
00:23And who would control that?
00:24It's international waters.
00:25Nobody's going to control it.
00:27We're going to watch over it. We'll watch over it, but nobody's going to control it.
00:30That's part of the negotiation that we have.
00:32They would like to control it. Nobody's going to control it.
00:35It's international waters, and Oman will behave just like everybody else, so we'll have to blow them up.
00:41They understand that. They'll be fine.
00:43Oman remains a key American ally in the Gulf and has continued efforts to mediate tensions linked to the wider
00:49Middle East conflict.
00:51Iran has signaled possible changes to how the Strait of Hormuz is controlled,
00:55a route that normally carries around one-fifth of the global oil supplies.
01:01The Pentagon has announced a five-year agreement worth $9.69 billion to consolidate Microsoft and other enterprise software licenses
01:11across government agencies.
01:13The agreement covers the U.S. military services, the intelligence community, and the Coast Guard under a single contract vehicle.
01:22Officials said the move is designed to reduce costs and remove duplicate software spending caused by fragmented procurement systems across
01:30multiple departments.
01:31The deal also strengthens Microsoft's enterprise-wide presence throughout the U.S. armed forces while simplifying software purchasing and contract
01:39management processes.
01:41Pentagon officials said separate procurement practices over several years has led to significant unnecessary spending across different government agencies and
01:50departments.
01:51Instead, the Defense Department combined several software contracts that were already scheduled for renewal during the same period under one
01:59agreement.
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