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passage for western traders. there are tensions to add other choke point locations. this video shows houthi militants storming a british registered cargo ship in november. that was on an approach to the babur mandeb strait, a gateway to the red sea with suez canal to the north. it's often been in the news with ships targeted by those militias or drone attacks from yemen. according to the international monetary fund, suez canal trade fell by half in the early months of this year compared to the beginning of 2023. it's driven traders around the cape of good hope at enormous cost in time and money, and it's come at a huge cost to the egyptian economy, highly reliant on the canal for billions of dollars of income. further west, one more choke point, the panama canal. water shortages there have led the authorities to reduce the volume of shipping travelling between the atlantic and pacific 0ceans. the imf reckons that trade on that route has fallen by nearly a third over the past year. although tensions are high, the closure of the strait