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blockade of the strait has choked off 20% of the world’s oil supplies. Photograph: Amirhossein Khorgooei/ISNA/AFP/Getty Images Britain’s services sector, which includes retailers, finance firms and transport companies, makes up about
impact on oil:** Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said no oil wells have “exploded” under the US blockade, arguing the measures have only driven up global prices. He added Iran’s storage has not reached
blockade](/news/2026/4/24/how-long-can-iran-survive-the-uss-hormuz-blockade) of Iranian ports in place. All this has caused major disruptions to energy supplies worldwide and caused the price of oil to rise to about $100 a barrel, compared with
price increases, fertiliser shortages and stock market volatility – the effects have been felt faster than in most previous conflicts. Why? There are few clear answers — but analysts say several factors might help explain why this
energy prices. A poll in the U.K. shows 1 in 10 people are already stockpiling fuel. British defense officials have previously floated the idea of deploying autonomous mine-hunting systems from motherships sent
impacted companies to grasp the situation,” he said, adding that a fact-finding hearing would take place on Tuesday. However, major ink and chemical producers have raised prices due to the volatility
Iran on February 28. Tehran retaliated by closing off the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow channel linking the Gulf to the Gulf of Oman, through which approximately 20 percent of the world
blockades of the shipping waterway. 3. ***West Bank*** | Two Palestinians, including a [14-year-old schoolboy](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/22/palestinian-boy-14-among-two-killed-in-settler-attack-west-bank-school), were killed in the occupied West Bank after Israeli settlers opened fire near a school, witnesses
prices – closed at $72.48 per barrel. After Iran closed the waterway on March 4 and began attacks on vessels attempting to sail through, traffic came to a standstill, stranding about 2,000 ships on either
energy shock sparked by the Iran war. Economists said the hit to consumers was not as bad as feared, with consumption growing by 1.6% on an annualised basis. But they also attributed the overall increase
energy shock from the Iran war would hit the UK the hardest of the world's advanced economies, and cut its estimate for UK growth this year to 0.8% from its previous prediction
impact on economically poorer countries. Iraq is not shipping or producing oil, which is normally responsible for 85% of revenues. Bangladesh, with significant household needs for gas for cooking, is cut off from Middle East
impacts, and costs that continue to mount across generations. The lesson is clear. When nuclear systems fail, the consequences are long-lasting, widespread, and extraordinarily difficult to manage. The damage does not end when headlines
energy crisis provoked by the US-Israel war on Iran, Russia's aggression in neighbouring Ukraine, now in its fourth year. And this Friday morning, souring relations between Europe and the United States, along with
blockade. [Before the war](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/17/uk-security-adviser-attended-us-iran-talks-and-judged-deal-was-within-reach), Iran was offering a moratorium on uranium enrichment of five years, and the US was demanding 20. The reported new proposal suggests a compromise
blockade of the Strait of Hormuz to ships not paying a toll has been felt in the US, where the average price of petrol at the pump has reached nearly $4.18 a gallon
Energy Commission vice-chair, Siva Gunda, [told legislators on Tuesday](https://www.kcra.com/article/california-oil-and-gas-supply-questions/71223963) that the state could meet fuel demand for the next six weeks with its current supply. The New Corolla is delivering about
energy costs are already affecting food budgets in Dhaka, Cairo, and Lagos,” Dasgupta said. As food prices rise, households are often forced to shift away from fruits, vegetables and protein towards “cheaper, calorie-dense staples
prices to soar. Later, [Iran began charging tolls](/news/2026/3/26/tehranstollbooth-how-iran-picks-who-to-let-through-strait-of-hormuz) for passage through – a move until now unheard of for a strait. Despite a fragile ceasefire, Washington, in an attempt to pressure Iran, has imposed
prices depends on a guaranteed and lasting end to the economic and military pressure against Iran and its allies.” Since the [US naval blockade](/features/2026/4/29/can-russia-serve-as-an-economic-lifeline-for-iran-amid-the-hormuz-blockade) on the strait began, the US has opened fire