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President Trump says he is weighing a massive, unprecedented strike on Iran as Tehran’s retaliatory attacks hit Kuwait, Jordan and Bahrain; Iran vows further retaliation, while Yemen’s Houthis strike Saudi tankers. The conflict pushes Brent crude above $100, deepens a looming energy crisis, and undermines a fragile interim peace deal.
The live updates describe a widening crisis: Iran’s war disrupts Gulf shipping, with the Strait of Hormuz paralyzed and global oil prices rising; President Trump is pressing allies and partners to help reopen the strait, while European and regional actors weigh plans and respond to missile and drone attacks across the region, including a rare non-Iranian tanker transiting Hormuz amid the conflict.
Jefferies and Rystad model a roughly $63.4 billion boost in cash flow for US oil producers this year if crude holds around $100/bbl, as Gulf disruption and the Strait of Hormuz closure lift prices; shale names could benefit most, while majors with Middle East exposure face a trickier dividend environment amid a crisis expected to drag on.
Israel escalated its strikes on Tehran as the regional conflict enters its eighth day, with Iran claiming a massive drone attack on Israel and US bases in the UAE and Kuwait; explosions were reported in Dubai and Manama, clashes intensified along the Lebanon–Syria border, and Israel conducted fresh strikes on Iranian targets as regional tensions surge and the US weighs arms support and sanctions responses.
Qatar says its air force shot down two Iranian bombers and halted LNG production after drone strikes on two QatarEnergy sites, as Iran expands attacks to oil facilities in Saudi Arabia and the UAE, sending energy prices higher and prompting regional security alerts amid casualties and damage across multiple Gulf states.
The UAE is withdrawing its remaining forces from Yemen following a dispute with Saudi Arabia, which accused the UAE of supporting Yemeni separatists and conducted an airstrike on a port linked to weapons shipments. This escalation deepens the Gulf rivalry and impacts regional security, with both countries diverging on Yemen policy and regional influence.