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World Service,30 Apr 2026,49 mins

Oil price rise highest in years

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The price of oil has crossed a hundred and twenty six dollars a barrel. There are fears that the US Israel war with Iran could continue for months. It's reported that the US military is set to brief President Donald Trump on new plans for potential action in the Iran war. An Australian inquiry into an antisemitic mass shooting at Bondi Beach has recommended that the authorities should bolster security at Jewish events. Fifteen people were killed when two gunmen opened fire on a Hanukkah celebration on the beach in December. Meanwhile here in London, two Jewish men have been stabbed in Golders Green, in what has been declared a terrorist incident by police. Presenters: Rob Young and Anne Soy. (Photo: A worker fills the tank of a customer's motocycle at a petrol station in Peshawar Pakistan. Credit: Arshad Arbaba/EPA).

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