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America said it launched powerful strikes on Iran in response
to reported Iranian attacks on ships sailing through the Strait of Hormuz.
Earlier, America's Treasury Department revoked a temporary license allowing Iran to sell oil.
The waiver was introduced last month under the country's ceasefire agreement.
The price of Brent crude, the global benchmark, rose to around $76 a barrel.
Marine Le Pen, a French populist right leader, said she would stand in next year's presidential election
after an appeals court shortened her prison sentence and ban on running for public office.
The court still upheld Ms Le Pen's embezzlement conviction, though she vowed to appeal again.