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Iran’s seizure of the two container ships, with the two sides continuing to impose competing blockades on the strait, keeping global oil prices at about $100 (£74) a barrel. While US forces have proved
prices to surge past $120, raising serious concerns and analyses about $200 oil, placing heavy economic pressure on US households. On the international stage, the veto of Bahrain’s proposed resolution by Russia and China
Iran in the countries of the Global South — notably in Africa and Asia because of their dependence on imports from the region. In many countries, daily life has not been the same since the war
impact of the United States-Israeli war on Iran and the shutdown of the Strait of Hormuz on the world economy. The war has damaged energy infrastructure across the Gulf, while critical exports like oil
impact of Iran war, thinktank warns Britain is facing a £35bn economic hit and the risk of a recession this year as the fallout from the Iran war adds to the pressure on Keir Starmer
Iran war. International Airlines Group (IAG), which also owns Aer Lingus, Iberia and Vueling, said it has hedged 70% of its expected fuel use for this year with costs expected to be about
impact on food prices globally next year, according to one of Britain’s most powerful property and farming companies. Mark Preston, [executive trustee of the 349-year-old Grosvenor Group](https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/may/28/trump-tariff-war-global-damage-grosvenor-duke-westminster), controlled
prices and stabilise the market. The country has invested billions of dollars in increasing its oil production capacity from 3 to 5 million barrels per day (bpd) by 2027. As it has grown its ability
war. That policy came alongside a co-ordinated cut to oil production. Oil prices more than doubled, there was fuel rationing, and the significant knock-on effects were compounded by a second oil shock
impact on fares has been a lot more muted so far. In fact, according to Wizz Air's chief executive József Váradi, prices have been going down as airlines have sought to persuade potentially reluctant
prices, despite concerns about corruption. ## Non-oil trade takes hit According to customs data released by state media, Iran’s non-oil trade has been negatively affected after commercial ties were disrupted
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
oil and goods pass, Lammy flew to Washington last week to hold talks with JD Vance, the US vice-president, and the secretary of state, Marco Rubio. In his first interview since the visit, Lammy
impact of the crisis in the Middle East triggered by the US and Israel’s attacks on Iran. The chief executives of HSBC, [Barclays](https://www.theguardian.com/business/barclay), Lloyds, NatWest and Santander have been asked
Iran’s proposal to reopen the strait, which would require the US end its own naval blockade of the strait and does not address a nuclear deal. On Tuesday, Trump said on social media that
Iran war shut the strait of Hormuz. The International Energy Agency has called the choking off of a fifth of the world’s oil and gas supply as the “greatest global energy security threat
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
price of jet-fuel had doubled since the start of the war, it was cutting 20,000 flights through October in an attempt to save fuel. United Airlines has also been impacted, with [Reuters
Iran war weighing heavily on firms’ [confidence to make investment decisions](https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/apr/23/uk-braces-for-price-rises-driven-by-iran-war-as-economic-confidence-plummets). Moreover, the widespread price rises will further pressure the [Bank of England](https://www.theguardian.com/business/bankofenglandgovernor) to raise interest rates – its main
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