Brent crudejumping as much as 5 , though its since fallen back. Iran is the seventh largest Oil Producer in the world. The markets fear a further escalation of the conflict in the Middle East could mean iran blocks the Straits Of Hormuz a key waterway for Oil And Gas shipments. Meanwhile, israels Military Offensive against the iranian backed Hezbollah Militia goes on after the killing of its leader Hassan Nasrallah last week. Lebanese officials say at least nine people were killed and 14 injured in an israeli Air Strike on a building in central beirut. The multi Storey Block housed a hezbollah affiliated Health Centre Israel said was hit in a precision attack. Its thought the target was a Hezbollah Official who lived in the building. This is a rare israeli strike in the Heart Of The City in the bachoura district, close to lebanons parliament building. Our middle East Correspondent Hugo bachega lets go live. We can cross to beirut and my colleague Anna Foster. We have seen strikes right
Worn surging numbers may undermine a Global Recovery. Plus, we discussed prospects for the u. S. And the wider picture with the atlanta fed president , who joins us this hour. Haidi lets look at the sydney staggered open, the friday session muted compared to the street we have had in asian stocks, asiapacific stocks seeing 13 consecutive days of gains broken by the thursday session, the longest winning streak since 1988 coming to an end. A flat stock a flat start in sydney, kiwi stocks up, muted start in japan spite heavy inflows of foreign buying. We are seeing a further downside when it comes to trading in the futures session. Getting secretary mnuchin speaking at the moment. He is speaking in an interview with Bloomberg News, saying financial conditions are quite strong, that companies that are need grants,covid not that. We heard secretary mnuchin earlier asking the fed to return unused coronavirus money. We will get you more as we get those comments. This is coming at a time when
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