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Oil prices have surged to $100 (£74) a barrel for the first time since July, following a series of escalating military actions in the Gulf region involving the United States, Iran, and Houthi forces in Yemen. The increase reflects intensifying tensions affecting critical global shipping lanes.
Oil prices have surged to $100 (£74) a barrel for the first time since July, following a series of escalating military actions in the Gulf region involving the United States, Iran, and Houthi forces in Yemen. The increase reflects intensifying tensions affecting critical global shipping lanes.
American military aircraft have reportedly sustained damage in Iranian airstrikes on a US base in Jordan, marking a significant escalation in the six-month-old conflict. The incidents coincide with increased attacks on commercial shipping, resulting in casualties, and a warning from Donald Trump regarding construction at Iran's deeply buried Pickaxe Mountain complex.
Deadly drone attacks have intensified across Ukraine and Russia, with two people killed at a border crossing between Ukraine and Moldova. The strikes, which also resulted in casualties in Kyiv, Sumy, and the Russian city of Novorossiysk, mark a significant escalation of long-range warfare despite renewed diplomatic efforts.
Sudan's healthcare system is facing imminent collapse due to a drastic reduction in international funding and the ongoing conflict, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has cautioned. The medical charity highlighted that dozens of facilities have closed following the cessation of funding from major donors, leaving millions without essential medical care and overwhelming remaining services.
The United Kingdom has imposed sanctions on illegal Israeli settlements in the West Bank, leading to a swift and strong retaliation from Israel. The move has sparked a diplomatic row, with Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband defending the decision while Israel accused the UK of hostile actions. Notably, US President Donald Trump did not object to the British plans during a call with Prime Minister Andy Burnham, though the US has not joined the sanctions.
Overnight Israeli air strikes in the southern Lebanese village of Kfar Roummane have resulted in the deaths of at least 12 people, including children, women, and a paramedic. The Lebanese health ministry stated that one strike destroyed a residential building, killing 11, while another targeted a vehicle carrying paramedics.
A former US President has threatened to block Canadian aircraft manufacturer Bombardier from selling its jets in the United States unless the company moves its manufacturing operations south of the border. The warning from Donald Trump, made on his Truth Social platform, comes amid escalating trade tensions between the US and Canada, just hours before Ottawa is set to impose retaliatory tariffs on American goods.
The first road bridge connecting North Korea and Russia has officially opened across the Tumen river, a development that Pyongyang state media says will facilitate trade and exchanges, but which a Ukrainian investigative body suggests is primarily intended for a "covert military logistics corridor" to support Russia in the Ukraine conflict.
