Average five year fixed mortgages surge past 5% as Iran war fallout hits homeowners FTSE 100 shot up around 150 points in an early trading “relief rally” in the City Evening Standard · Mar 10
Donald Trump's Iran war is making Britain poorer, warns Nigel Farage's Reform UK amid oil cost turmoil Petrol prices, mortgage rates and oil home heating costs are rising as the UK economy is rocked by the fall-out from the Middle East conflict Evening Standard · Mar 10
‘Vicious cycle’: panic buying is biggest risk to Australia’s petrol supplies, experts say Government and motoring groups say there is no shortage of fuel supplies but stockpiling has left country service stations running dry, as Iran war sparks oil price fears The Guardian - AU · Mar 10
Qantas hikes international air fares citing volatile oil prices from war in Middle East Airline reports spike in ticket sales to Europe in March, as passengers with carriers affected by flight chaos rebook The Guardian - AU · Mar 10
Oil prices: Drivers rush to fill tanks in China before fuel price hike Drivers queued at petrol stations in Nanjing ahead of a nationwide fuel price increase set to take effect at midnight as global oil prices surged above $100 per barrel. Euronews · Mar 10
US launches 'most intense day of strikes' on Iran yet as Tehran attacks countries across Gulf Secretary of War Pete Hegseth said the US ‘will not relent until the enemy is totally and decisively defeated’ Evening Standard · Mar 10
UK, Germany and Italy ‘working together’ to navigate commercial shipping through strait of Hormuz - as it happened Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news The Guardian - UK · Mar 10
Iran says European countries helped create conditions for US and Israeli attacks Iran on Monday accused European countries, including France, of creating the conditions that led to the United States and Israel attacking the Islamic republic and triggering a war. Meanwhile, the price of oil is soaring, and attacks on Iran’s oil infrastructure continue. Radio France Internationale · Mar 10
Why Do People Eat Stale Food on Sheetala Ashtami? The Hidden Legend Imagine a festival where people intentionally eat food cooked the previous day. No cooking. No fresh meals. Only cold, leftover food. At first, it sounds strange. But this tradition is deeply connected with the sacred festival of Sheetala Ashtami, dedicated to Sheetala Mata, who is believed to protect people from… MyLifeXP · Mar 10
UK households that use heating oil face ‘frightening’ surge in bills over Iran war Chancellor raises prospect of help after prices almost treble since start of conflict The Guardian - UK · Mar 10
Too valuable to burn? Chemical and plastic industries will rely on oil far longer than motorists Every year, the world uses roughly 37 billion barrels of oil. Most is burned to power cars, trucks, planes, ships and other types of transport. For more than a century, this energy-dense hydrocarbon has shaped the modern world, from geopolitics to electricity systems. The Conversation · Mar 10
Ukraine-Russia war latest: Putin’s ‘buffer zone’ strategy in tatters after Kyiv reclaims swathes of territory Ukrainian troops now control almost all of the Dnipropetrovsk region after liberating 400 square kilometres in counterattacks The Independent UK · Mar 10
Oil prices fall and Asia markets rebound after Trump says Iran war will end ‘soon’ Trump says war against Iran is ‘very complete’ but US and Israel haven’t quite ‘won enough’ yet The Independent UK · Mar 10
The Guardian - UK · Mar 10 Bombing of Iran’s oil infrastructure to have major environmental fallout, experts warn Monitors admit they are struggling to keep track of the environmental disasters arising from widening war
The Independent UK · Mar 10 War with Iran delivers another shock to the global economy The war with Iran is doing collateral damage to the world economy
The Independent UK · Mar 10 Iran-US war latest: Tehran launches ‘most intense’ barrage of missiles since start of conflict Trump threatened Iran with a military response ‘at a level never seen before’ after US destroyed more than a dozen Iranian mines laid in the Strait of Hormuz
Euronews · Mar 10 Trump says Iran war will be over 'very soon' but warns Tehran against further oil disruptions Trump assured Republican lawmakers that the war in Iran could end “very soon” but declined to provide a specific timeline on when that might be. The US president says Washington is achieving “tremendous success” on the ground, but stressed that the war will only end after all war objectives are…
The Independent UK · Mar 10 Asian shares surge, echoing a rally on Wall Street as oil prices sank back to about $90 Asian shares have rebounded from their sharp declines a day before
The Guardian - AU · Mar 10 Five killed in strikes on Lebanon, health ministry reports – as it happened This live blog is now closed
The Independent UK · Mar 10 The Latest: Iran launches drones at Saudi Arabia and Kuwait as US president sends mixed messages Iran launches drones at Saudi Arabia and Kuwait as U.S. President Donald Trump sends mixed messages about the war, fueling market uncertainty
The Independent UK · Mar 10 The critical infrastructure that’s so vital to Middle East nations – and vulnerable to Iranian attack Attacks on desalination plants mark a dangerous escalation in the Middle East conflict. Experts tell Stuti Mishra the Gulf’s most water-scarce nations face an existential threat
The Independent UK · Mar 10 Oil prices latest: UK inflation forecast to spike amid fears Iran war could trigger new cost of living crisis Price of oil has surged since US and Israel launched airstrikes towards Iran 10 days ago
The Independent UK · Mar 10 Trump threatens to unleash ‘death, fire and fury’ on Iran if it meddles with flow of oil in Middle East The post marked Trump’s latest attempt to boost marine traffic through the Strait of Hormuz where its effective closure has sent crude oil prices spiraling past $110 per barrel
The Independent UK · Mar 10 Iran fires drones toward Saudi Arabia and Kuwait Iranian fired drones toward Saudi Arabia and Kuwait early Tuesday as the war in the Middle East shows no sign of abating