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Oil markets are bracing for a dramatic surge when trading resumes on Monday, with US crude forecast to climb nine per cent following joint American and Israeli military action against Iran over the weekend.Data from broker IG indicates prices could reach more than $73 per barrel in New York, rising from Friday’s close of $67.Tehran’s announcement on Saturday that it had effectively shut down the Strait of Hormuz, through which roughly a fifth of the world’s oil passes, has prompted multiple shipping companies to suspend tanker movements.Tony Sycamore, market analyst at IG, said: “The weekend’s US and Israeli strikes on…

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Australia’s Hannah Green won the LPGA’s Women’s World Championship in Singapore after her husband stepped in as her caddie.With Green’s usual caddie unable to leave the USA while he applies for a green card, her husband Jarryd Felton – who is a professional golfer – filled the role for the second time this year.Green, 29, carded a three-under-par 69 on Sunday to finish one shot clear of American Auston Kim and win this title for a second time.She married Felton in 2024 and has also caddied for her husband in the past.”It was absolutely a team effort over the last…

A Green Party spin doctor has denied that women were raped in the October 7 attacks in 2023.Abi Wilkinson, appointed just days before the party’s victory in Gorton & Denton’s by-election, posted on social media that “there is no Israeli woman who’s said she was raped by militants”.She also wrote on X: “There’s absolutely no new evidence, there is not a single identified victim.”There is evidence of rape and sexual violence being committed during the attack – in December 2023, the BBC reported that “few victims are thought to have survived to tell their own stories”.Eyewitness accounts, officials and experts…

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Kenya’s Brigid Kosgei set a new course record with a commanding victory at the Tokyo Marathon.The 32-year-old finished in 2:14:29 – more than two minutes ahead of Ethiopia’s Bertukan Welde, who was second in 2:16:36. Welde’s Ethiopian compatriot Hawi Feysa came third in 2:17:39.The previous course record was 2:15:55 – set by two-time Tokyo winner Sutume Asefa Kebede in 2024.Kosgei, who won marathon silver for Kenya at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, is planning to represent Turkey at the 2028 Los Angeles Games.”We have a lot of athletes in Kenya,” said Kosgei. “I want some young generation to follow my…

Iranian strikes “narrowly missed” British troops in Bahrain and were launched in the direction of Cyprus, the Defence Secretary has confirmed.The Islamic Republic has been lashing out with revenge attacks across the Middle East amid the ongoing US and Israeli operations against Tehran. This morning, John Healey revealed that Iranian missiles and drones had landed within “a few hundred yards” of some 300 British troops at a base in Bahrain.At the same time, two missiles had been fired in the direction of Cyprus, where thousands of UK personnel are based.The UK retains two sovereign base areas, Akrotiri and Dhekelia, which…

Prince William wanted Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor removed from the line of succession last year.The Prince of Wales is understood to be “frustrated” by the delay in removing the former Duke of York from the line to the throne.It was previously revealed that William wanted Andrew out of the royal fold following his disastrous BBC Newsnight interview in 2019, with reports in the Times indicating that the future King wanted the former Duke of York removed from the line of succession in 2025.The Government is considering legislation to remove the former prince following his arrest on suspicion of misconduct in public office.The…

The UK economy faces an £18billion hit in a blow to businesses as more than £160billion worth of class action claims continue to make their way through Britain’s legal system,.A growing number of consumers involved in those cases say they are still waiting years for compensation that may never arrive and are taking to social media to complain.The UK’s group litigation industry has expanded rapidly over the past decade, offering ordinary consumers the chance to collectively challenge major corporations over data breaches, product failures and alleged misconduct. Yet while the headline figures attached to these lawsuits continue to climb, many…