- Oil prices have surged past $100 a barrel following suspected Iranian attacks on multiple fuel tankers in Iraqi waters.
- Iraqi oil ports have completely ceased operations, prompting other countries to move their vessels from the area as a precaution.
- Iran has claimed responsibility for hitting a Thai bulk carrier yesterday, trapping three crew members, and warned that oil prices could reach $200 a barrel.
- Donald Trump stated that the US has ‘won’ the war in Iran but needs to ‘finish the job’.
- Trump also claimed that US forces destroyed 28 Iranian mine-laying ships in the Strait of Hormuz, following his earlier warning about Iran placing mines in the crucial waterway.