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Iran war. Sir Keir Starmer will chair another meeting of a Cabinet committee on Tuesday set up to deal with any shortfalls and a group of ministers is meeting twice a week to monitor stock
food insecurity in some countries. He warned that even if the conflict ended today, the impact on oil supply would be as big as the fallout from [the 1970s oil crisis](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c78lj4976lvo), when
war in late February. The effective closure of the strait of Hormuz – which Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said on Wednesday [could soon reopen](https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/may/06/trump-iran-hormuz-us-project-freedom-live-updates-middle-east-crisis?filterKeyEvents=false&page=with%3Ablock-69fb1cad8f08d59811001e38#block-69fb1cad8f08d59811001e38) – has throttled global supplies of fertiliser, crucial
impacted, with the country reliant on grain and wheat imports, [creating potential food security](https://www.kpler.com/blog/grain-imports-disrupted-across-the-middle-east-gulf) issues. The strait's geography has allowed Iran to use it as leverage throughout this war, using threats
impact on millions of people a long way from the war zone. The fertiliser crisis risks causing hunger in countries that do not have secure food supplies. President Donald Trump's motives, declared and undeclared
supply. > double quotation markWhile this is a commercial deal, the Australian and Indonesian Governments have been working to support this positive outcome … This will mean Australia can continue to play an important role supporting food
impact of the war was already deepening into supply chains. Chris Rogers, the head of supply chain research at S&P Global Market Intelligence, said: “Food supply chains face both direct and indirect challenges from
food supply chain, while petrol affects commuting and consumer transport. The country is also highly reliant on remittances from workers overseas, mostly labourers working in Gulf states. The war could devastate this income. All this
impact has been immediate: animals are dying, and with them, livelihoods are disappearing. As local production collapses, families are forced to buy from markets even as food, fuel, and water prices continue to rise
Iran and 7,000 miles away in the White House. This week was the unique opportunity for the rest of the world to make its economic case to US President Donald Trump's administration directly
supplies of fertiliser and its key ingredients due to the war in Iran could cost up to ten billion meals a week and will hit poorest countries hardest, according to the boss
food supplies available.  Children play near their makeshift shelters at an IDP camp in Ceel Cad, Kismayo town [Simon Maina/AFP] But the camp is hardly better. In March
impact demand, as the bulk of their estate remains in city centre locations." Rising costs are clearly a concern for businesses and consumers. Pret's latest accounts, for 2024, show like-for-like sales were
impact of the Middle East conflict on the cost of living in the UK. Inflation is now expected to be higher this year due to the war and higher energy costs could also slow down
food and then everything else are a major problem for those whose incomes are already stretched. Then there is the genuine fear of what a prolonged war could mean, such as a serious recession
food,” Khanna told Hegseth. “Your $25bn number is totally off.” Linda Bilmes, a leading Harvard economist, has predicted that the total cost of the war could amount to $1 trillion. 
war on [Iran](https://www.theguardian.com/world/iran) is taking a toll on the most vulnerable people, by slowing or blocking food and medical aid from reaching them. Now aid organisations are calling for a “humanitarian corridor
Iran war will make food more expensive, according to a new poll, as businesses warned the “window is closing” for ministers to cut energy costs for UK retailers. Research by Opinium found that
food, fuelling higher government borrowing costs, and hitting economic growth. After a rise in gross government debt levels to almost 94% of GDP last year, it warned this figure was on track to reach
war in Iran ends, a minister has said. The closure of the strait of Hormuz, a key shipping lane that carried a fifth of global oil and gas, has sent oil prices soaring since