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global prices and rising energy costs because European nitrogen fertiliser is made using gas, which has increased in price due to the disruption in the strait – while some countries are more at risk to rising
energy shock will ensure an already unpopular president is punished in the midterms, something [he professes not to concern him](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/27/trump-cabinet-camp-david-washington-iran). But it is arguable that the international consequences of the Iran war
effective closure of the strait, through which about a fifth of the world's trade in oil and natural gas typically passes, along with fertilizer and other petroleum-derived products, has sent fuel prices skyrocketing
Iran war and a forecast record-breaking El Niño, which will hammer global food production. And secondly, Britain’s food system is painfully exposed to such shocks. The long-held assumption that a global food
effects already evident. “The situation of children across the country is extremely concerning,” she explains. “We’re seeing the spread of child illnesses across the country. Dropout rates are extremely high right now, and they
war that has consumed the region since late February. The US launched strikes against [Iran](https://www.theguardian.com/world/iran) in the early hours of Wednesday morning in retaliation for what it said was Iran’s downing
prices. [According](https://www.weforum.org/stories/2026/04/the-big-chart-price-of-oil-through-history/#:~:text=But%20by%202005%2C%20when%20global,global%20financial%20crash%20of%202008.) to an April 17 article by the World Economic Forum, from the mid-1980s when the Tanker War took place, to the start of the new millennium, a barrel
effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz approaches the 10-week mark amid an uneasy truce between the United States and Iran, global air travel is emerging as a major casualty of elevated oil prices
energy superpower, reducing its dependency on its largest trading partner, the US, and fighting American tariffs - and the expectations on him are immense. Some argue he has now arrived at an inflection point where Canadians
price worldwide now, thanks to the energy crisis provoked by Iran's effective blockade of the Strait of Hormuz – and the US counter-blockade. Traditionally an arch trans-Atlanticist, Prime Minister Donald Tusk of Poland
effect falling under RSF control. RSF forces remain present in scattered areas of North Kordofan, including Umm Qarfah, Jabra al-Sheikh, Umm Badr, Hamra al-Sheikh, and Sodari. They are also active in parts
effective closure of the strait – a narrow artery linking oil and gas producers in the Gulf to the open seas – are being felt across the world, stoking fears of a global recession. About
war-damages bill, inflation, currency devaluation, unemployment and a contraction in oil revenues combine to leave the political elite worrying how hardline they can afford to be with their US negotiators. One estimate circulating
globally. [](https://www.npr.org/2026/04/12/g-s1-117045/hezbollah-commander-lebanon-israel) ### [Middle East conflict](https://www.npr.org/series/1205445976/middle-east-crisis) ### [A Hezbollah commander describes battling
Energy Agency (IAEA) said any US-Iran agreement to end the war **must include “very detailed” measures to verify Tehran’s nuclear activities.** “Iran has a very ambitious, wide nuclear programme so all of that
energy targets in the region, and its consequences for the global economy are the responsibility of the main arsonist in this field, the United States,” the IRGC said. Iran’s foreign ministry spokesperson, Esmail Baghaei
war with Iran that has led to a significant global energy and economic shock. There is even a chance the US and Iran could play each other in the knockout stage on the weekend