Iran-US War: Casualties Mount, Oil Prices Spike

0:00It's April 2, I'm Cory with the story. This is Vancouver News today, driven by AI. Iran keeps launching missiles at Israel and Gulf States like the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain, even as President Trump claims the threat from. To Iran is almost gone. This happened right around his speech Wednesday night, with explosions in Dubai and sirens in Bahrain just after he wrapped up. The war kicked off February 28th when U.S. and Israeli forces struck first. Trump told the world that core goals are nearly done, and pushed oil-dependent nations to muster courage and seize the straight-of-horn moves by force. Themselves. Iran fired back through a military spokesman, saying they've got hidden weapons stockpiles and that hit facilities don't matter much. Attacks kept coming Thursday across multiple spots. Casualties are mounting, with over 1900 dead in Iran, 19 in Israel, plus dozens in Gulf areas and the West Bank, and 13 U.S. troops lost. In Lebanon, more than 1200 killed and a million displaced from the fighting there.

1:05Shipping through the strait has plunged 94 percent since March 1st, choking global oil flow. World leaders from 35 countries, skipping the U.S., met Thursday to push diplomacy and plan post-war security by clearing mines. No one's jumping to force the straight open now, with France calling it unrealistic, but worries linger that Iran could keep it blocked even after. Strikes end. Oil prices are spiking again, hitting gas, stocks, and everyday goods hard as Trump hints the war might wrap soon. But these missile barrages show. It's far from over.