US Military Moves & Iran Attacks: Oil, Sanctions & Rising Tensions

Clash over Trump’s decision to lift for 30 days sanctions on Russian oil exports «stuck at sea». They would be 100 million barrels per day, equal to almost a day of world production. Anger from Brussels: «A wrong move. It affects European security». And «does not help peace», according to Zelensky. EU and Great Britain maintain sanctions. Moscow cheers: «It is impossible to stabilize the energy market without us». Ft: «France and Italy are negotiating with Tehran the passage of their ships from Hormuz». Palazzo Chigi denies. Oil slows down in New York. But 1.162 billion in two weeks of war went up in smoke for European stock exchanges. And the conflict is not over at all: the Pentagon is moving 5,000 marines and other warships to the Middle East, officials report to the Wsj, while Defense Secretary Hegseth says that the new Supreme Guide of Iran Mojtaba Khamenei is «injured and perhaps disfigured»