How the war in the Middle East could spiral into an energy crisis

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  Good morning.

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  The war that began in Iran spreads through the Gulf.

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  We'll bring you up to speed.

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  Meanwhile, Trump welcomes one European leader to the White House,

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  then threatens to cut off trade with another.

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  And the Washington Post explains how the closure of one narrow shipping route

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  could turn the conflict into a global energy crisis.

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  Ultimately, if this conflict is not resolved soon and the strait is not secured,

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  it'll have major pressures, upward pressures on oil prices.

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  It's Wednesday, March 4th.

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  I'm Cecilia Lei, and this is Apple News Today.

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  The sounds of missiles and explosions filled the skies across the Middle East yesterday

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  as the fast-moving conflict widened.

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  Last night, Israel began what it described as a new broad wave of attacks on Iran.

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  Their strikes yesterday targeted infrastructure and hit the leadership's compound.

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  In total, the U.S. said it had struck nearly 2,000 targets so far,

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  and an Iranian-based humanitarian group says the death toll there stands at nearly 800.

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  Crowds gathered for funerals held for the people killed in a strike

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  that hit a girl's school in southern Iran.

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  State TV showed hundreds of mourners carrying small coffins

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