The move would be a major escalation in the US-Israel war against Iran. Plus, FBI director admits to buying data tracking Americans\u2019 locations<\/p>\n
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Donald Trump threatened to \u201cmassively blow up\u201d the world\u2019s largest gasfield<\/a> after Israeli strikes on Iran\u2019s South Pars field led Tehran to take revenge on energy facilities across the Middle East.<\/p>\n What\u2019s happening to oil and gas prices?<\/strong> Brent crude rose by 8% to $116 a barrel.<\/a> European gas prices jumped, with the Dutch wholesale gas price up 24%.<\/p>\n What do we know about the war\u2019s economic cost?<\/strong> The war cost the US $12.7bn by day six \u2013 the total is likely to have now exceeded $18bn. Here\u2019s a visualization of how that has been spent.<\/a><\/p>\n Could US-Israeli attempts to take out Iranian leaders backfire?<\/strong> Some analysts think so.<\/a> \u201cIt is not an approach that produces Jeffersonian democrats but hardened resistance fighters. It breeds more resistance,\u201d said Sanam Vakil, an Iran expert at Chatham House.<\/p>\n Follow our live coverage here.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Who has spoken out?<\/strong> Labor rights activist and co-founder of the UFW Dolores Huerta<\/a>, 95, released a statement on Wednesday saying: \u201cI have kept this secret long enough. My silence ends here.\u201d The report also includes the stories of two women, who were daughters of organizers in the movement, who said they were children when the grooming and abuse began.<\/p>\n Continue reading…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The move would be a major escalation in the US-Israel war against Iran. Plus, FBI director admits to buying data tracking Americans\u2019 locations Good morning. Donald Trump threatened to \u201cmassively blow up\u201d the world\u2019s largest gasfield after Israeli strikes on Iran\u2019s South Pars field led Tehran to take revenge on energy facilities across the Middle … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-69416","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69416","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69416"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69416\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69416"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69416"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69416"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}