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European stocks fall as ‘Hormuz chaos’ leaves markets on edgeEuropean stock markets have dropped at the start of trading, as last Friday’s optimism about a Middle…

Oil tumbles 10% as Iran declares strait of Hormuz ‘completely open’The oil price is tumbling, after Iran announced that the strait of Hormuz is now open.Crude…

Europe has ‘maybe 6 weeks of jet fuel left,’ energy agency head warnsThe head of the International Energy Agency has warned that Europe has about six…

Swinney says SNP would set maximum prices for essential food items, using public health powers, on nutrition groundsSwinney says people are struggling to afford food. That…

Concert giant Live Nation and its Ticketmaster subsidiary had a harmful monopoly over big concert venues, a Manhattan federal jury has found, dealing the company a…

March saw the largest increase in global energy inflation in at least 25 years, UBS findsThe Iran war has led to the biggest rise in global…

Shabana Mahmood says Southport inquiry report has exposed ‘systematic failures across multiple public sector organisations’In the Commons Shabana Mahmood, the home secretary, is making a statement…

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featureOpec lowers second-quarter global oil demand forecastOpec, the oil cartel, has predicted that demand for…

Brent crude back above $110 on latest Trump commentsBrent crude has risen above $110 a barrel again, after Donald Trump warned Iran “a whole civilization will…

Greens urge Streeting to ‘get serious’ about concerns of resident doctors who are on strikeThe Green party is backing resident doctors who are on strike. This…