2026-03-10
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Donald Trump said that the Iran war would be over very soon,
but simultaneously insisted America was going to go further.
He vowed to hit Iran harder
if it tried to block oil supplies and said his administration might lift oil-related sanctions on certain countries to reduce prices.
The comments followed a statement he gave to CBS News claiming the war was,
quote, very complete, pretty much.
Brent Crude, the global oil benchmark,
fell below $90 a barrel and Wall Street stocks steadied after Mr Trump's comments.
The S&P 500 mostly recovered after falling by more than 1%.
The oil price had reached almost $120 after Saudi Arabia and other oil-producing countries announced that they had begun cutting production following Iran's effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz.
Anthropic is suing the Pentagon for labelling it a supply chain risk.
The designation, which blocks the AI firm from defence work,