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effectively the interest rate – on 30-year government bonds jumped 11 basis points to 5.794%, the highest since May 1998. The benchmark 10-year yield on UK government bonds (known as gilts) also rose
global energy prices surging and heightened concerns about the risks of an economic downturn. Pakistan-led efforts to resolve the conflict have hit an impasse. Despite a ceasefire in place since April 8, Iran continues
energy since the U.S. and Israel launched the war on Feb. 28, causing a global spike in fuel prices and rattling world markets. [, the single biggest
effect. But it has been repeatedly tested with Iran restricting traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, a strategic waterway key to the global flow of oil, and the U.S. imposing a blockade of Iranian ports
prices are rising, and the global economy is under strain because of knock-on effects of the Iran war. Relations with the UK's former best friend, the United States are worsening. It's against
energy and trade route that has been virtually shut since the US-Israeli war against Iran began in late February. On Monday, several merchant ships in the Gulf reported explosions or fires, the US said
Iran war resulted in oil prices soaring above $100 a barrel in March, Miliband has come under pressure, including from the Conservatives and Reform, to ramp up oil and gas drilling in the North
Iran and may affect its already strained relationship with Saudi Arabia. As for Opec, this is a big blow at a time when significant questions are being asked about its long-term coherence
effect of pushing Russia and China even closer together. Their deepening partnership also comes against the backdrop of the war in Ukraine, mounting tensions around Iran, and disruption to shipping through the Strait of Hormuz
effect on April 8. Iran said it fired at US Navy ships; the US said it shot down seven small Iranian military boats; and [Tehran renewed](/news/2026/5/4/uae-reports-missile-and-drone-strikes-incoming-from-iran) its drone and missile launches against the United
energy concerns, specifically regarding the oil market and gas prices, with Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani.  published in December by Yale University and George Mason University.  Wind turbines
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