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Oil prices jump after US launches new attacks on Iran

US forces attacked Iran's military site in Bandar Abbas and shot down four Iranian drones near the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday. Brent crude jumped 3.75% to $97.83 a barrel, while US crude rose 4% to $92.22. The strikes escalated tensions despite ongoing ceasefire talks, threatening the critical waterway through which one-fifth of global oil and gas supplies.

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