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conflict,” Hurst said, promising to also provide a cost breakdown later. The estimated figure only reflects “the costs of the war”, Hurst said, explaining: “We’re factoring in costs of munitions expended in that total
conflict in Lebanon began when Hezbollah fired rockets at Israel on 2 Marchin retaliation for its killing of Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in a wave of airstrikes carried out on the first
Hormuz](/news/2026/4/24/trumps-may-1-deadline-can-he-continue-war-on-iran-after-that), a narrow waterway once carrying roughly a fifth of the world’s oil and gas, remains effectively closed after the United States and Iran imposed competing [blockades](/news/2026/4/14/how-much-will-us-hormuz-blockade-hurt-iran-and-does-tehran-have-an-escape). Naval blockades
Hormuz, but those shipments effectively ground to a halt at the end of February. The result has been a rollercoaster of price movements on energy markets, with some of the world's biggest
Hormuz towards Bandar Abbas. CENTCOM reported: “American forces issued multiple warnings and informed the Iranian-flagged vessel it was in violation of the US blockade.” “After Touska’s crew failed to comply with repeated warnings
caused by the drills.  extraordinary threats. “A whole civilization will die tonight,” he wrote on Truth Social. Leo XIV called this threat “unacceptable” and asked the public
US President Donald Trump met Lebanese and Israeli envoys at a new round of peace talks Thursday, with Beirut seeking a one-month extension of a shaky ceasefire set to expire. **BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty
conflict in the Middle East, as Iran accused the US of breaching the increasingly fragile ceasefire announced last month. In recent days there have been the biggest flare-ups in fighting in and around
Iran, there is another looming concern that particularly affects Europe: the risk that supplies could actually run short. In mid-April, the head of the International Energy Agency (IEA), which advises 32 member governments
caused by the Iran war, he told Sky News: > double quotation markIt is difficult for me, because, of course, these leaks are very unhelpful. But when people do read it, they need to be reassured
Hormuz”](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/23/trump-claims-us-has-total-control-over-strait-of-hormuz-as-iran-seizes-two-container-ships), a statement that appeared dubious in light of Iran seizing two container ships and a US report warning it could take six months to clear the strait of mines. The president
Hormuz](/news/2026/4/14/fao-warns-strait-of-hormuz-disruption-risks-triggering-a-global-food-crisis) drives the worst energy crunch in modern history, leading governments to scramble to unload their emergency oil stockpiles, developing countries are among the least prepared to mitigate the shock. Although surging fuel prices
Iran is likely to have a severe knock-on effect on the NHS. Photograph: Meysam Mirzadeh/Tasnim/AFP/Getty In response, NHS England has increased purchases of drugs and devices to build up buffers. While there
cause a global recession. Iran has been pressing to keep Hormuz under its control, through which a fifth of global oil and gas supply passes. Here is more about the US proposal