2025-06-14
14 分钟As Iran retaliates to Israel's airstrikes,
is the Middle East conflict leading to a new oil crisis?
Plus, how the attacks push President Trump into something he has long avoided.
President Trump campaigned on saying he was going to be the peace president.
Now for the first time, he's got a real conflict that happened on his watch.
So a lot of people will be watching to see how he proceeds and how he handles it.
And companies like Walmart and Amazon are exploring launching their own stable coins.
It's Friday, June 13th.
I'm Alex Zosola for The Wall Street Journal.
This is the PM edition of What's News,
the top headlines and business stories that move the world today.
We start this evening with developments in the Middle East,
the ongoing strikes in Israel and Iran,
where this leaves the U.S. and the impact on markets.
First, we go to the situation in Israel,
where Central Tel Aviv was impacted by ballistic missiles from Iran.
Israeli paramedics say they were treating five injured people.
A U.S. official said the U.S. provided some air defense to Israel.
Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said Iran had crossed a red line.
by firing missiles at populated civilian areas in the country.