Oil Prices Surge and stocks tumble as barrage of missiles in the Middle East prompts supply fears in a region that accounts for a third of global oil production. Us Trade Paralysis dockworkers threaten to continue striking for as long as necessary with ports along the East And Gulf coasts remaining shut for a second day. Also on the programme, could technology bring extinct species back to life . We speak to the boss of a De Extinction Company hoping to resurrect the Woolly Mammoth. Live from london, this is business today. Lets start with the Middle East, where, as weve been reporting, israel has warned of grave consequences after iran launched a barrage of missiles at targets across the country on tuesday. Oil prices have been surging as traders fear a full scale regional war could disrupt Energy Supplies to the global market. Brent crude rose as much as 5 to 75. 40 a barrel in intraday trading. Lets Take A Look at the latest Oil Price now. Up up1. 36 , up 1. 36 , 74 up1. 36 , 74 and
September. How do you expect that to feed through into InflatIon ExpectatIons and impact the us economy . I think riaht now impact the us economy . I think right now the impact the us economy . I think right now the focus impact the us economy . I think right now the focus is right now the focus is definitely on crude oil. A lot of people are drawing comparisons to what happened when the war in ukraine started. When you take a Look Oil surged Io . With this incident it surged 5 in some of that is because we have us productIon at record highs. Opec was undecided over increasing productIon. This is a moment where investors are trying to get a sense of how are the actual supply disruptIons going to unfold in the coming weeks and months. Right now the market was pretty content that this inflatIon and that trend was going to remain and now they are scratching their heads to see will this be a big shock to inflatIon. In additIon to this Oil Surge we have a Dock Worker Strike which could also
Past 48 hours were very difficult for lebanon. Bbc research difficult for lebanon. Bbc research has difficult for lebanon. Bbc research has found difficult for lebanon. Bbc research has found the i difficult for lebanon. Bbc research has found the number of identified russian fighters killed on the Front Line in ukraine has reached 70,000. Hello, im annita mcveigh. Welcome to bbc news now, three hours of fast moving news, we will begin this hour with developments in the last couple of minutes and beirut, that lebanese capital, where smoke has been seen rising from the skyline in the southern suburbs of the city. This is the live shot, but i think if we can show you some pictures from just a few moments ago, you can more clearly see in the background of that picture the smoke rising. 0ur middle East Correspondent is saying this is a southern suburb which is, he says, Hezbollah Stronghold. In the last couple of moments the Israeli Military has confirmed that it has carried out what it is
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