Italy plans to deploy up to four warships, including frigates, to the Bab el-Mandeb to safeguard shipping, the government said. Defense Minister Crosetto has written to EU High Representative kallas urging a timely, effective EU decision to prevent transit disruptions. Crosetto said if other EU members currently in the Red Sea 'Shield' escort mission do not provide ships, Italy will act alone, deploying up to four vessels, and that other members should share the related costs.

US Central Command commander Brad Cooper said in a Sept. 19 video the main shipping lanes in the Strait of Hormuz have been cleared of sea mines and thousands of vessels have transited. He said Gulf partners have moved more than 1 bln barrels of crude through the strait. Over the past two weeks volumes of crude, cargo and LNG transiting the area hit a six‑month high. Cooper added that under a US-enforced blockade Iranian exports via those routes are zero.

中国地震台网自动测定：09月19日20时19分在西藏那曲市申扎县附近（北纬32.03度，东经89.29度）发生4.2级左右地震，最终结果以正式速报为准。