00:05Oil prices have climbed above $100 a barrel as fighting between the US and Iran intensifies.
00:10Brent crude the global benchmark breached $100, its highest level since July.
00:15In back-and-forth attacks, the US hit five Iranian tankers after Tehran targeted one of its warships.
00:22Washington said it will ban imports of a range of Canadian alcohol,
00:25motorcycles and some dairy products from September 29.
00:28Just hours after Canada's retaliatory tariffs on about $20 billion worth of US goods took effect.
00:36British Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband has defended the UK's decision to sanction Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank.
00:42He says he regrets Israel's decision to close the UK consulate in East Jerusalem
00:46but insists the sanctions were the right thing to do despite the retaliation.
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