Good morning from the Financial Times.
Today is Wednesday, June 10th, and this is your FT News briefing.
The U.S. has launched new strikes on Iran, and SpaceX is asking investors to trust the process.
Plus, spend it or save it.
Ireland's grappling with its tax windfall.
There are big gaps in Ireland's infrastructure across
the board that aren't in step with its standing as one of the richest countries in Europe.
Really, it has a lot of ground to make up.
I'm Mark Filippino, and here's the news you need to start your day.
The U.S. military retaliated against Iran yesterday.
It was in response to what Central Command called, quote, unjustified Iranian aggression.
President Donald Trump said Iran shot down a highly sophisticated American Apache helicopter on Monday night.
The price of oil jumped slightly after the U.S. attacks just north of $92 a barrel.
The strikes by the U.S. marked a new test of the fragile ceasefire between the countries.
American and Iranian forces have traded fire in and around the Strait of Hormuz
since the truce took hold in early April.
Somehow, they've avoided full-blown war.
Hey, have you heard that SpaceX is going public on Friday?
You probably can't escape the news, and it's hard to with such a massive valuation, nearly $1.8 trillion.
Most of that price tag rests on SpaceX reaching some pretty ambitious goals.