Including against its oil industry which has helped fund its military activities and those of its proxies across the middle east. Data from Energy Analytics firm, vortexa, suggests that in the first three months of this year, iran exported more oil than at any time in the last six years, with most of it going to china. Iran currently produces about 3 of the worlds oil supplies. Earlier i spoke to Philip Worman who is a senior Managing Director we have heard about new sanctions from the us and uk, targeting executives of an Engine Manufacturer that supplied the drones iran used in that attack on israel. Companies also linked to irans Steel Industry are being targeted. Earlier i spoke to Philip Worman who is a senior Managing Director at Risk Consultanchs held. Philip advises on sanctions risk. Well, its interesting. Even with the recent Missile Attacks on israel, the price of crude really hasnt gone up in the same way that you saw with previous geopolitical shocks. So crude is kind of p
Months ago and says it is investigating. Our Political Correspondent Damian Grammaticas reports. Honesty needs to start now. The lack of Clarity Needs to stop. Mark menzies. Of Clarity Needs to stop. Mark menzies, this of Clarity Needs to stop. Mark menzies, this was of Clarity Needs to stop. Mark menzies, this was him of Clarity Needs to stop. Mark menzies, this was him last i of Clarity Needs to stop. Mark menzies, this was him last week urging transparency about the impact locally of a wind farm being built offshore. The allegation about his own behaviour, first reported by the times newspaper, is that last december at three oclock in the morning he called his former Campaign Manager and said bad people had locked him in a flat, adding that he needed £5,000 as a matter of life or death. It is claimed Campaign Donations were later used to cover the payment, and also that he has received £14,000 to cover medical bills. The bbc has not been able to speak to him for a comment but in a
complaining about the football fields being infested because some of the mulch is coming with fire ants in it. the queensland state government says it eradication programmes are world class but the invasive ants have been detected over the border in new south wales. more fire ants there, more fire ants there. here, they can be seen forming a raft to travel across floodwaters. critics, though, insist that australia has underestimated the threat from fire ants and warn they are spreading out of control. phil mercer, bbc news, sydney. police have broken up an alleged international cyber crime gang that had been offering a service to criminals, allowing them to steal from people using fraudulent text messages. 37 people have been arrested worldwide, including 2a in the uk, and police believe there were as many as 70 thousand british victims. our home affairs correspondent
a burning sensation. the invasive pests were first found in australia in 2001, but had probably been here undetected for years. their name is solenopsis invicta, meaning invincible. so no country that has been invaded by them has ever been able to eradicate them. we can t even have back yard barbecues any more, and kids sporting fields can be infested. i mean, we are a sporting nation and we have had football clubs complaining about the football fields being infested because some of the mulch is coming with fire ants in it. the queensland state government says it eradication programmes are world class but the invasive ants have been detected over the border in new south wales. more fire ants there, more fire ants there. here, they can be seen forming a raft to travel across floodwaters. critics, though, insist that australia has underestimated the threat from fire ants and warn