In today\u2019s newsletter: As conflict engulfs Iran, shifting \u200bglobal alliances and soaring energy prices are reshaping \u200bthe existing power balances\u200b that could redefine the next stage of international security <\/p>\n
Good morning. So far, there is only one clear winner from the war in Iran: Russia. Before the US and Israel attacked Tehran in late February, Moscow was preparing deep budget cuts to education and healthcare funding to pay for its invasion of Ukraine, which has now entered its fifth year.<\/p>\n
In just over a month of the fighting in Iran, Vladimir Putin\u2019s Russia has experienced a dramatic reversal in fortunes. The global oil price has shot up from a prewar average of $72 to well over $100 per barrel, providing a financial boost<\/a> of multi-billions for Moscow that shows little sign of ending.<\/p>\n Middle East <\/strong><\/em>| Donald Trump has launched a tirade<\/a> against European countries that refused to join his war against Iran, calling out the UK and France.<\/p>\n Military <\/strong><\/em>| The UK is sending more military support<\/a> to the Gulf, taking the total deployment to 1,000 troops.<\/p>\n NHS England <\/strong><\/em>| Some medicines could run out<\/a> in weeks or even days, NHS England head warns, after supply line shocks.<\/p>\n UK politics <\/strong><\/em>| Nigel Farage to \u2018steer well clear\u2019<\/a> of UK CPAC event in July being led by the short-lived former prime minister Liz Truss.<\/p>\n UK news <\/strong><\/em>| King Charles\u2019s state visit to US to go ahead<\/a> in late April despite Iran war concerns.<\/p>\n Continue reading…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In today\u2019s newsletter: As conflict engulfs Iran, shifting \u200bglobal alliances and soaring energy prices are reshaping \u200bthe existing power balances\u200b that could redefine the next stage of international security Good morning. So far, there is only one clear winner from the war in Iran: Russia. Before the US and Israel attacked Tehran in late February, … 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_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-70560","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70560","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=70560"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70560\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70560"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70560"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70560"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}