
Why the Strait of Hormuz matters: How US-Iran tensions threaten global oil and trade
- The guns fall silent in the Middle East after two days of deadly strikes between the United States and Iran as mediating nations attempt to get diplomacy back on track.
- A US official tell us that Washington remains committed to negotiations with Tehran and technical talks continue.
- Shipping in the Strait of Hormuz has plunged during the renewed fighting dealing a new blow to energy markets already reeling from the biggest supply disruption in history.
- Palestinians in Gaza turn out in large numbers to pay their respects to an aid worker who set up World Cup screenings and was killed in an Israeli air strike.





