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threat of rising inflation from higher energy prices and this is being priced into the yield. Oil [prices rose](https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/may/11/oil-prices-climb-trump-dismisses-iran-response-us-peace-plan) on Monday after Donald Trump condemned Iran
Trump [threatened](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/05/trump-warns-iran-to-reopen-strait-of-hormuz-by-tuesday-or-face-hell) to bomb civilian infrastructure in Iran unless the regime opened the strait of Hormuz. Two days later, the US president again [made](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/07/israel-warns-iran-lives-at-risk-if-they-use-trains-trump-deadline) extraordinary threats
Iran war “because God is good” and wants to “see people taken care of.” Leo had [previously condemned](https://www.politico.com/news/2026/04/07/pope-leo-condemns-trumps-latest-threats-against-iran-00862464) Trump’s threat
Trump had earlier warned Iran that the US would destroy every bridge and power plant in Iran if Tehran rejected his terms, continuing a pattern of such threats
Trump declared on Sunday that "Project Freedom" would begin the next morning in an attempt to unblock the crucial waterway which Tehran has effectively closed since the start of the US-Israel war with Iran
Iran has shifted the summit’s dynamics, absorbing a massive amount of Trump’s attention. The conflict has resulted in the closure of the strait of Hormuz, through which a fifth of the world
Trump later suggested Merz should focus more on "fixing his broken Country, especially Immigration and Energy, and less time interfering with those that are getting rid of the Iran Nuclear threat
Trump abruptly changed tone. He said on Wednesday morning that an Iran deal was a "big assumption" and if it was not agreed, bombing at "a much higher level and intensity than it was before
Trump’s overt expression of genocidal intent, Leo made his objections plain – without hesitation or even a hint of qualification. “As we all know, there was also a threat against the whole people of Iran
Trump](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/donaldtrump) the country is “not the partner it once was”. In a statement on Wednesday, Labour’s Eluned Morgan cited the US president’s “contempt” towards the UK and [his threat
Trump decided to launch strikes with Israel against Iran, starting a war in the Middle East that has caused a global energy crisis and roiled diplomatic relations across the board. The storm unleashed
Iran, following which Trump announced the withdrawal of 5,000 US troops from the country. President Trump has also often complained about an imbalance in the car trade, saying the EU does not import enough
Iran can’t get their act together,” Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform on Wednesday. “They don’t know how to sign a nonnuclear deal. They better get smart soon!” The president included
Trump announced the day before. It had appeared to signal a direct challenge to Iran’s closure of the strategic waterway, through which 20 percent of the world’s oil and liquefied natural
Trump’s constant threat to renew strikes to see if it can “finish what air strikes alone cannot achieve”, Williams said. For its part, Iran
Trump. Fatih Birol, the head of the International Energy Agency, said in a CNBC interview that the world was facing “the biggest energy security threat in history”. , and said armed forces are awaiting a greenlight from the US to “return Iran
Iran, set to expire on Wednesday evening, to allow the regime more time to create a "unified proposal" to end the war. In between, Trump weighed his options as the world waited
Trump said US forces would begin escorting stranded ships through the Strait of Hormuz, signalling a direct challenge to Iran’s closure of the strategic waterway, through which 20 percent of the world
Iran to have a nuclear weapon” and said the chancellor “doesn’t know what he’s talking about!” Earlier on Wednesday Merz brushed off those comments, saying his relationship with Trump remains “as good