#middle-east-conflict

#middle-east-conflict

Whether California gets its oil from the Central Valley or Kuwait or Venezuela or other parts of the world, [it] doesn't matter. It still affects the price of gasoline the same because the price of all those oils goes up. The spiraling prices are primarily driven by a surge in global crude oil prices amid the war.

Households that rely on heating oil are often some of the most exposed to global fossil fuel price shocks because they sit outside the energy price cap. These homes are also those that are among the deepest fuel poverty as the cost of home improvements which could help reduce the cost of energy can be prohibitive.

President Connolly said "we must name them (deliberate assaults) as such, without euphemism and without equivocation", emphasizing the need for direct acknowledgment of violations of international law that has underpinned world peace and security for eighty years.

As flight data and media reports show, the Israeli government plane did indeed land in Berlin on the evening of Saturday, February 28 but Netanyahu was not on board. An unnamed German government official told the Reuters news agency that the plane had landed in Germany for its own safety, adding that only crew members were on board and the flight had been registered in advance by the Israeli government.

Financial markets are pricing in roughly a 70 per cent chance that the Bank of England will increase interest rates by a quarter percentage point before the end of the year, a stark reversal from expectations only a fortnight ago when traders anticipated multiple rate cuts.

The drone, launched from Lebanon by an Iranian-backed group, was found to contain a Kometa-B navigation system, which highlights Moscow's collaboration with Tehran on drone technology. Analysts say the wreckage recovered by British intelligence signals a new and dangerous phase of drone warfare targeting UK forces.

Petrol and diesel prices have hit their highest in nearly 20 months this week, latest data shows, increasing by between 4.68p and 8.59p per litre since Saturday 28 February, when the US launched strikes on Iran. On average, drivers can now expect 137.51p per litre of unleaded petrol, and 150.97p per litre of diesel, at the pump.

New York City drivers found themselves paying, on average, 31 cents more for a gallon of gas week-over-week, according to the American Automobile Association. The gallon price as of March 6 was $3.30, up from $2.99 on Feb. 27.

We were really looking forward to it, and then when the news came out on February 28, it was an 'oh crap' moment. There's a lot of uncertainty over the status of the Middle East. We're seeing strikes in Dubai, the US embassy being struck in Saudi Arabia, so you feel like it's a domino effect. When is the domino going to fall, and will that domino be in Egypt?

Energy becoming more expensive globally and the weaker pound means Britain pays even more for those imports. Oil and most commodities are priced in dollars. A softer pound therefore magnifies the impact of rising global prices.

It wouldn't be our best team and we need our best team for the country's biggest game in 40 years. The Iraqi people are so passionate about the game that it is insane. The fact that they haven't qualified for 40 years is probably the main reason I took this job.

An apology comes from Iran's president, yet missiles are still hitting neighbours. Tehran has carried out more attacks on Gulf states despite an apology by the president to Iran's neighbours. Civilian targets have been hit, including airports and vital infrastructure.

The UK holds approximately 6,700 gigawatt hours (GWh) of gas in reserve, a significant drop from about 18,000 GWh at the same time last year. This remaining stockpile can only satisfy around 1.5 days of national demand. The UK has a similar amount of liquefied natural gas (LNG) stored, leaving the country highly vulnerable to market disruptions.

Oil shocks are especially painful because of the commodity's wider uses, not least in fertiliser, and the knock-on effects for manufacturing and transport. And the poor are hit hardest. Recent research published by economists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst identified energy, along with food and agriculture, as among the commodities that have a disproportionate capacity to increase inequality when their prices rise.

It was just really traumatizing. You could hear it, you could feel it. The house was shaking. [It was] the scariest thing I've ever been through. We all slept downstairs in the living room, away from windows.

They keep going on the news and saying they're doing everything they can to get Americans out. I know for a fact they're not. She said she repeatedly messaged the U.S. Embassy in Kuwait before being directed to the consular section, which told her it couldn't help her leave the country and advised her to enroll in the U.S. smart traveler program and shelter in place.

We have been bolstering our UK military presence in the Middle East since January, and we have already deployed capabilities to protect British people and our allies in the region, including Typhoons, F-35 jets, air defence systems and an extra 400 personnel into Cyprus. Since the strikes began, we've had British jets in the sky shooting down drones and have sent additional assets to the region to further reinforce our air defences, including more Typhoons and Wildcat helicopters with drone busting missiles.