Attacks on Strait of Hormuz shipping hit a record high in the Iran war as oil stays above $100
Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu launched their war on Iran on 28 February planning to topple the regime within a fortnight. Nearly eight months on, negotiations remain deadlocked and tankers have faced an unprecedented wave of drone and missile strikes in the past ten days. Experts warn of a dangerous 'new normal'. President Trump has lifted sanctions on Russia to free up diesel ahead of the midterms.
Utah petrol jumped from $2.79 to $4.84 a gallon, a 73.6 percent rise.
Iran's army spokesman Mohammad Akraminia on US forces: 'If it doesn't leave, we'll expel it.'
Trump called the conflict a 'military exercise', with US troop deaths now at 21.
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