The World in Brief from The Economist

Conflict spread in the Middle East as Israel carried out strikes on Lebanon after Hizbullah launched missiles at Israel. Also, oil prices surged and stockmarkets fell as the war in Iran entered its third day.

Oil prices surged dramatically when markets opened in Asia as traders reacted to the war in Iran that began over the weekend.

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Israeli officials said the strikes had also killed senior regime officials, including the commander of the IRGC, and key members of Iran’s nuclear programme.

Israeli officials said the strikes had also killed senior regime officials, including the commander of the IRGC, and key members of Iran’s nuclear programme

Iran fired several missiles at Israel in response, though most seem to have been intercepted by the country’s defence systems

Several missiles struck Tehran, the capital, including the military headquarters and the offices of the supreme leader, as well as other military sites.

Britain’s prime minister pledged to “keep on fighting” after his Labour Party lost a parliamentary by-election in a Manchester constituency it has long considered a safe seat

America’s ambassador in Jerusalem told embassy employees that they may leave Israel and, if they planned to do so, that they should depart on Friday; OpenAI raised $110bn in its largest funding round to date, a deal that values the AI company at $730bn.