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Houthi forces have seized Mayun Island at the entrance to the Red Sea as drone attacks shut Saudi Arabia’s East–West pipeline, threatening the kingdom’s alternative oil export route and deepening the energy crisis surrounding the war with Iran.
Britain
Britain is already absorbing the economic cost of the Iran war as oil approaches $100, gilt yields rise and debt interest costs increase. If crude climbs towards $140, the pressure on inflation, interest rates…
A nuclear war could kill billions far beyond the battlefield. For eighty one years, the world has avoided using the bomb. But nuclear weapons…
Medicine
A new generation of medicines is moving from the laboratory into human trials. Scientists are designing proteins, searching vast molecular landscapes and building virtual cells, opening the possibility of faster drug discovery, treatments tailored…
Europe’s drought is damaging crops, draining rivers and constraining power generation just as the Iran war disrupts oil and fertiliser supplies through Hormuz. Saudi…
Middle East
From Yemen and Iraq to Lebanon, Syria and Palestine, the war with Iran is reactivating older conflicts with grievances and political agendas of their own. Even a settlement between Washington and Tehran may no…