Fuel rations and cash handouts: Iran war energy shock hits Asia – The Latest

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  This is The Guardian.

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  Across the region, there's long queues at gas stations.

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  You even have some temples halting cremations.

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  Farmers can't get enough diesel to power their machinery.

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  It's really affecting people who are the poorest.

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  President Marcos of the Philippines, he said, "We're victims of a war that's not our choosing."

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  And I think that probably does sum up how a lot of people feel.

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  Fuel rations, cash handouts, and no aircon.

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  How the Iran war is causing an energy shock in Southeast Asia.

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  From The Guardian today in Focus, this is The Latest with me, Lucy Half.

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  Well, I'm joined by Rebecca Ratcliffe, who's dialling in from Bangkok.

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  Thanks so much for dialling in, Rebecca.

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  I know it's late where you are.

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  So you cover Southeast Asia.

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  And I think from your reporting, it's clear that the war

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  in the Middle East is having an impact in countries there in a way

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  that perhaps here in the West, we're not seeing it in quite the same way yet.

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  The International Energy Agency, the IEA, says that this is the biggest oil supply shock in history.

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  So from your reporting, what does that look like on the ground

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  and what measures are people being asked to take?

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