Live Updates: Oil and Gas Prices Jump as Iran War’s Economic Cost Climbs
The price of oil surged to more than $90 a barrel and U.S. gasoline prices rose again. Israeli airstrikes pummeled Tehran and Lebanon, and President Trump’s demand for Iran’s “unconditional surrender” raised the prospect of an extended war.
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Trump says Cuba is ‘going to fall pretty soon’ after White House comments – live
President tells CNN country is going to ‘fall’ after earlier in the week claiming Cuba ‘wants to make a deal so badly’US lost 92,000 jobs in February just before Trump joined Iran conflictSign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxMilitary investigators believe it is likely that US forces were responsible for an apparent strike on an Iranian girls’ school that killed scores of children on Saturday but have not yet reached a final conclusion, two US officials tell Reuters.Reuters was unable to determine further details about the investigation, including what evidence contributed to the tentative assessment, what type of munition was used, who was responsible or why the US might have struck the school. Continue reading...
Middle East crisis live: Israel bombs Tehran and Beirut as White House says campaign may take four to six weeks
Israel launched huge attacks on Iran and Lebanon overnight; Karoline Leavitt says Donald Trump will consider Iran to have surrendered once it no longer ‘poses a threat’ to the USTell us: how have you been affected by the latest events in the Middle East?Iran and Lebanon were hit with a wave of intense Israeli strikes overnight.Israel’s military said Friday morning it had begun “a broad-scale wave of strikes” on Tehran, Iran’s capital. Continue reading...
Macron speaks with Lebanon’s leader, as France seeks to broker a truce between Israel and Hezbollah.
Strikes on Iran to last ‘four to six weeks’, White House says
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt says the US expects the war on Iran to last "about four to six weeks”.
US and Israel attacking Iran at ‘record pace’, war monitor says
Airwars says first days of US-Israeli Iran strikes 'hit significantly more targets than any campaign in recent decades'.
Human rights court orders reparations for forced sterilisation case in Peru
Inter-American Court of Human Rights says Peru must pay family of woman who died as a result of forced sterilisation.
New England Patriots’ Plane Ferried Americans Back From Middle East
The flight was arranged and paid for by the State Department, officials said, as part of the evacuations of citizens stranded by attacks in the Middle East.
Justice Dept. Pushes for Charges Against Cuban Leaders
The move comes as President Trump is ratcheting up his rhetorical assault on Cuba’s leadership.