2026-03-08
3 分钟The Economist.
visit economist.com slash the world in brief or visit the economist app to start listening here's today's free edition this is the world in brief from the economist our top stories iran's president rejected donald trump's demand for iran's unconditional surrender Massoud Pezeshkin apologised to neighbouring Gulf states attacked by his country
since the war with America and Israel began.
He later added that Iran was targeting only American military facilities in the region.
However, Iranian missiles and drone launches continued.
The Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps said it had launched an attack on the American base in Jaffa by rain.
Writing on True Social, Mr Trump claimed that Iran had surrendered to its neighbours.
He added that he was considering targeting new areas and groups of people for complete destruction and certain death.
Some 1,172 civilians have been killed in strikes on Iran,
according to human rights activist news agency, an American group.
The United Arab Emirates was in a time of war,
said the country's president Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan,
in his first statement since the escalation of the regional conflict.
More explosions were reported in Abu Dhabi, the capital, on Saturday.
Lebanon's health ministry said that 294 people had been killed since Monday.
as Israel continued to strike targets linked to Hezbollah, a militia backed by Iran.
Qatar's energy minister predicted that other Gulf oil and gas exporters would soon be forced to follow his own country's decision to declare force majeure on energy shipments.
Saudi Arabia said it had intercepted more than 20 drones heading towards its enormous Shaber oil field.
Despite America's efforts to stabilize the market,
many analysts expect the oil price to breach $100 next week.