Iran-US Tensions Escalate, Oil Prices Soar

0:00It's April 7th. This is Global News Today, driven by AI tracking the world in real time. Tensions are boiling as President Trump's APM. Washington deadline hits for Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, or face strikes on all its power, plants and bridges. Iranian officials just dropped a video urging young folks, athletes, students and artists to form human chains around those power plants to shield. Armed from attack, airstrikes hammered Tehran on Tuesday, April 7th, 2026, hitting residential spots and even wrecking half the Korosaniha synagogue, killing nearly three dozen. Iran hit back with ballistic missiles on Israel and Saudi Arabia, sparking debris near energy sites, and forcing a temporary shutdown of the Kee King, far Causeway Bridge. Iranians are rallying hard, with President Pzezhkin saying 14 million people, including himself, volunteer to fight be a state campaign. Folks in Tehran feel trapped, one guy calling it like, being between scissor blades amid

1:02fears of blackouts while the revolutionary guard threatens to. Cut off regional oil and gas for years. World leaders are sounding alarms with France and the UN warning that bombing civilian infrastructure could be war crimes, risking massive escalation, and tanking the global economy further. Global prices spiked over 50% since the war kicked off six weeks ago, with Brent Crude topping $108 a barrel. Diplomacy still in play through mediators like Pakistan, Egypt and Turkey, as Iran ties the straight to sanctions relief and reject short. Seas fires, but talks are racing the clock with no deal in sight yet.