From The Times and The Sunday Times, this is The Story.
I'm Manveen Rana.
It's week three of the Iran war, and it's not just the Middle East that's suffering.
The conflict with Iran is pushing oil prices past $100 a barrel.
As the Strait of Hormuz remains closed to the United States and its allies.
The ongoing conflict is sharpening economic worries here in the US.
Some households using heating oil are to get 53 million pounds in immediate support from the UK government.
The world is staring down the barrel of an oil crisis.
And for Donald Trump,
who just a week ago declared that he didn't need any help from America's once great allies,
now that he'd already won the war.
there's been a change of heart.
Donald Trump is demanding help to reopen the Strait of Hormuz to get oil supplies moving again.
But so far, it's met with a mixed response.
Spain, Japan and Australia have ruled themselves out, refusing to get involved.
In the UK, Keir Starmer, who's been patting himself on the back for dodging a disastrous war,
is now having to weigh his options in the face of soaring fuel prices.
We have to reopen the Strait of Hormuz to ensure stability in the market.
That is not a simple task.
So we're working with all of our allies,