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Record gas prices squeeze Americans as summer travel season ends, midterms loom and Iran war wages on
Americans paid the highest-ever Labor Day petrol prices as the summer driving season ended, with the national average reaching a record $4.15 a gallon, adding further strain to household budgets. AAA said roughly 40 million Americans travelled over the holiday weekend despite the elevated costs, which broke the previous Labor Day record of $3.82 set…
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Israel row, Gulf tanker strikes and Ground Zero air-quality files dominate briefing
West Nations’ Israeli settlement trade ban has enraged Israel, while reported US strikes on Iranian tankers spark Gulf tensions and Mamdani releases thousands of Ground Zero air-safety documents; also Putin-Trump call, Meta’s Muse, LIV Golf’s bankruptcy and Glastonbury 2027 news.
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Oil prices rise above $100 a barrel for first time since July as Iran war escalates
Oil prices have risen above $100 a barrel for the first time since July, as an escalating conflict in the Middle East threatens further disruption to global energy supplies. Brent crude climbed more than 3% to top $101 after renewed fighting between the US and Iran in the Gulf, in which the US military said…
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Navy reveals lessons learned from USS Abraham Lincoln’s grueling 200 days in war zone as next carrier prepares to head into Iran war
The USS Abraham Lincoln is returning to the United States after a gruelling deployment of more than 200 days in the Middle East, during which it played a key role in operations linked to the war with Iran. Its return comes as the US Navy prepares the USS Theodore Roosevelt for its own deployment, with…
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US strikes Iranian oil tankers as Tehran targets American base in Jordan
Oil prices surged past $100 a barrel as the US-Iran conflict escalated sharply, with Washington striking five Iranian oil tankers and Tehran retaliating with attacks on shipping and a US airbase in Jordan. The clashes, which also drew in Saudi Arabia and Yemen’s Houthi rebels, disrupted the Strait of Hormuz, a waterway that normally carries…
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LIV Golf files for bankruptcy after Saudi fund pulls support, leaving players owed millions in unpaid money
LIV Golf has formally filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in a New Jersey court, bringing its business model to a halt after five years of operation and an early end to its 2026 season in Indianapolis. The collapse followed Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) withdrawing its financial backing in April, as it redirected…
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Olivia Rodrigo’s Daisy Chain Fields Dress Helped Keep Palestinian Fashion Brand in Business
Olivia Rodrigo’s decision to commission a dress from Palestinian fashion label Nöl Collective for her Daisy Chain Fields festival ended up throwing the struggling brand a financial lifeline. Founder Yasmeen Mjalli had been considering closing the business after Israeli customs destroyed a shipment of fabric earlier this year, and had struggled to source replacement material…
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Israel closes Jerusalem consulate in response to Britain’s settlement sanctions
Britain’s decision to impose trade sanctions on Israeli settlements in the West Bank triggered a major diplomatic and political row that has since settled with relations between London and Jerusalem markedly strained. Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband announced the sanctions, co-ordinated with France and Canada, accusing Israel’s government of enabling “ethnic cleansing” by settlers and citing…
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Israel hits back at Miliband and closes UK consulate, bars a dozen MPs and boots out military
Israel has taken sweeping retaliatory measures against the UK following Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband’s announcement of trade sanctions, closing its consulate in East Jerusalem, expelling British forces from a Gaza peacebuilding role and banning twelve left-wing British politicians from entering the country. The move marks a dramatic deterioration in UK-Israel relations, driven by London’s coordinated…
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Miliband accused of putting Jews in UK in danger: Chief Rabbi and Tory leader react furiously to Labour sanctions on Israeli settlements
Labour has been accused of endangering British Jews after Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband announced trade sanctions on Israeli West Bank settlements, a move Britain’s Chief Rabbi Sir Ephraim Mirvis called “truly a dark day for British Jews” that would “embolden” antisemitism. Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch said Andy Burnham and the Prime Minister were “fanning the…