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UK's economy grew faster than expected in March, despite the month seeing the first impact of the Iran war. The economy grew by 0.3% in the month, official figures show, confounding analysts' forecasts
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 of one of the world's biggest fertiliser producers. Svein
shortages***| Two million airline seats have been [cut from this month’s schedules](https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/may/05/airline-seats-cut-jet-fuel-prices) as airlines redraw their operations because of soaring jet fuel prices amid the Middle East conflict. 3. ***UK news
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 to growing food crops. Preston said that, although UK crops were unlikely
due to a devastating combination of the 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
Iran took turns at closing and blockading the strait of Hormuz shipping channel. Limiting the number of cargo ships passing through the 5km-wide passage has had an extraordinary global impact, reducing the global supply