2026-03-05
11 分钟Good morning from the Financial Times.
Today is Thursday, March 5th, and this is your FT News Briefing.
The war in Iran is expected to last a while.
and we'll take a look at how the country will choose its next supreme leader.
Plus,
a collapsed London mortgage provider is raising questions about the asset-backed finance market.
I'm Mark Filippino and here's the news you need to start your day.
Israel expects the war in Iran to last weeks.
Current and former Israeli officials told the FT that the country is preparing for a multi-week military onslaught alongside the US.
The mission to fully dismantle key pillars of the state as well as the Revolutionary Guard.
But Israeli officials have not explained how they plan to lay the groundwork for the Iranian regime to be overthrown or what might come after.
In the meantime,
the war is disrupting shipping traffic in the Strait of Hormuz and sending insurance costs soaring.
U.S.
President Donald Trump said on Tuesday the U.S.
Navy could guide trade through the critical oil passageway.
Even still, the price of insuring a ship is up twelvefold.
Who will become Iran's next supreme leader?
That's the question on the minds of an 88-member panel of religious experts who are tasked with selecting a new ruler after Israel and the United States killed Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in a strike last weekend.
But whomever the council picks will likely become the next top target for U.S.