Yara's chief executive warns the Iran war could put 10 billion meals a week at risk as fertiliser prices surge 80% and the Strait of Hormuz remains choked. Here's what it means for UK shoppers.
May Day 2026 rallies sweep the globe as workers protest soaring energy costs driven by the Iran war, with strikes, marches and union action from Paris to Pakistan.
Ukraine has struck a major Lukoil refinery in Perm, more than 1,500km from the front line, while Putin used a 90-minute call with Trump to pitch a one-day Victory Day ceasefire that Kyiv is treating with deep scepticism.
Russia hit Odesa and Dnipropetrovsk overnight, killing one and injuring dozens, as Zelensky demanded Trump clarify a curious Victory Day ceasefire proposal cooked up on a 90-minute phone call with Putin.
Bahrain has revoked the citizenship of 69 people accused of sympathising with Iran during the ongoing war. Rights groups warn the move sets a dangerous precedent that goes well beyond national security.
Iran's injured new supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei has used Persian Gulf Day to warn Trump of a future 'free of America', as the 2026 war drags on, Hormuz stays blockaded, and oil prices keep climbing.
Trump is being briefed on fresh military options against Iran, including a special forces raid on its uranium stockpile and seizing part of the Strait of Hormuz, even as a fragile ceasefire and war crime warnings hang over the conflict.
Brent crude has spiked nearly 7% to $126 a barrel, its highest since 2022, after reports that Trump is about to be briefed on fresh military options against Iran. Here's what it means for UK wallets.
US petrol prices have hit $4.23 a gallon, the highest since the 2022 Ukraine invasion, as the Strait of Hormuz crisis squeezes global oil supply and Trump's approval slides.
Jerome Powell held rates in what looks like his final meeting as Fed chair, but the 8-4 split, sticky inflation, and a politically charged succession say plenty about what comes next.
Prosecutors want Cole Tomas Allen held until trial after newly released selfies show him armed in a Washington hotel room hours before the Correspondents' Dinner shooting.
Former FBI director James Comey has surrendered over a second indictment alleging that a 2025 Instagram photo of seashells arranged as '86 47' was a threat against President Trump. The case faces serious legal and political headwinds.