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Morning Intelligence – The Gist The escalation of “Operation Epic Fury” into a US-Israeli war with Iran marks a perilous global pivot [1]. Mojtaba Khamenei succeeds his late father as Supreme Leader [1]. Beyond human tragedy, a near-total blockade of the Strait of Hormuz has choked off 20% of global oil and LNG, pushing crude…

Evening Analysis – The Gist The global economy faces a harsh reckoning today as oil prices briefly spiked to $120 per barrel amid the escalating U.S.-Iran conflict. With shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz plummeting by 90 percent, markets have shuddered worldwide. The Dow dropped 576 points, exposing our fragile supply chains. I find…

Morning Intelligence – The Gist Iran’s strikes on Gulf nations under new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei pushed oil past $114 a barrel. The true narrative is the globalization of warfare. President Zelensky is exporting Ukraine’s drone experts to the Middle East, turning European tactics into Gulf security assets. This fuses two theaters into one pressure…

Evening Analysis – The Gist Oil has re-emerged as the global risk thermometer. Overnight, Brent pierced $90 a barrel while WTI jumped 8.6 percent to $72.79 after US-Israeli strikes on Iran and reciprocal attacks near the Strait of Hormuz—artery for one-fifth of world crude. European pump prices are already edging higher, and the White House…

Morning Intelligence – The Gist Israel’s overnight bombardment of Beirut’s Dahieh district—after ordering its 500,000 residents to flee—signals that the Gaza war’s northern front is now fully ablaze. Lebanon’s health ministry counts at least 123 dead and 683 wounded this week, while total Lebanese fatalities since Monday already exceed 290, with Iran’s war death toll…

Evening Analysis – The Gist Israel’s seventh-day offensive has shifted from pin-point raids to saturation bombing. At 18:00 local time today the IDF confirmed “ataques a gran escala” on government sites in western Tehran minutes after intercepting a fresh Iranian missile volley (amp.dw.com). CNN’s running tally now puts the campaign at 2,600 separate strikes using…

Morning Intelligence – The Gist Iran’s overnight missile-drone salvo that ripped through Gulf energy hubs marks a dangerous economic inflection. Three were killed and 78 injured in the UAE; Saudi Arabia’s largest refinery burned, and Qatar’s Ras Laffan LNG complex—supplying a fifth of global liquefied gas—was hit. Brent futures briefly pierced $95, while European wholesale…

Evening Analysis – The Gist Oil’s overnight leap to $89 a barrel—its steepest weekly rise since the first COVID-19 shock—signals more than market nerves. Traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, conduit for 20 % of global crude, has plunged from 138 daily transits to “single-digit levels,” freezing roughly $1 billion in oil every hour. (theguardian.com)…

Morning Intelligence – The Gist Beijing’s National People’s Congress just cut China’s 2026 growth ambition to 4.5-5 %—its lowest target since 1991—yet lifted defence outlays another 7 % to roughly ¥1.7 tn ($236 bn). (amp.dw.com) The move signals not weakness but strategic reprioritisation. Slower headline GDP lets policymakers confront deflation, youth joblessness and a property…

Evening Analysis – The Gist The overnight blockade of the Strait of Hormuz—artery for one-fifth of global crude and LNG—has jolted energy security out of theory and back into prices. Brent spiked 11 % to $108 a barrel while Asian spot-LNG jumped 14 %, moves big enough to shave 0.3-0.5 pp off euro-area growth this…