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spending on the Iran war could have funded saving more than 87 million lives amid the humanitarian aid funding crisis. - **What effect is the war having on developing countries?** With food and fuel inflation reaching
could be the hottest summer on record or at least close to it," says Mark Wolfe, who heads the National Energy Assistance Directors Association (NEADA). "So families need to use more of an increasingly expensive
spend years spinning a false narrative that the election had been stolen. He survived an assassination attempt by inches in 2024 and roared back into power, [claiming that he had been](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/20/president-trump-speech-inauguration) “saved
many Democrats. Wednesday’s vote could nonetheless serve as an indicator of the depth of support for Israel among the chamber’s Democrats, who are grappling with souring sentiment among their voters towards prime minister
Iran war. Campaigners have welcomed this but called for wider reforms to the system. Alex Stanley, vice-president of the National Union of Students, said the data showed "how damning the situation is". "Students
could not afford to buy the medicine she needs,” Shareem said. Other displaced families are making the difficult decision to pull their children from school, skip meals or seek help from neighbours and friends
war, disruptions to shipping through the [Strait of Hormuz](/news/2026/5/6/french-container-ship-struck-in-latest-escalation-at-strait-of-hormuz), and a surge in transport and insurance costs for shipments to Yemen. In the same post, the YPC sought to ease public concern, saying
US and other non-Gulf-centred petroleum companies could not be more stark. On Tuesday, BP said its profits for the first quarter of the year [had more than doubled](https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/apr/28/bp-profits-oil-gas-prices-iran-war-first-quarter), after
spending more than 10% of government revenue on servicing their debts. The conflict is likely to make the situation worse as energy and fertiliser costs rise and interest rates increase. ## **In other news …**  Employees of shipping container
spending about £30 extra a week on diesel since the war started on 28 February, she says. The cost of diesel has risen 35% in nearly two months, while petrol is up 19%, [according
war continues, with the US on Sunday capturing an Iranian cargo vessel, even as Washington says it is willing to hold another round of talks with Tehran in Pakistan to reach a deal. Tehran
could ostensibly serve a metropolitan area of about 7 million people is a stark symbol of how the sprawling, car-dominated US has fallen behind cities around the world where people can rely on extensive
lives in Texas. He came to the U.S. in 2023 and graduated with an engineering masters degree in December. He said he had to turn down multiple job offers because his work permit cannot