The United States-Israel war on Iran has disrupted global supplies of energy, fertilisers, medicines and even helium, devastating economies around the world.

Now it’s also threatening whales off the coast of South Africa.

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Fighting involving the Houthis had already turned vessels away from the Red Sea and Suez Canal since 2023.…