Brent touches $126 amid US military plan for 'short and powerful' strikes on Iran
Brent crude touched $126.41 a barrel on Thursday, its highest level since Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022, after Axios reported that the US Central Command (CENTCOM) was preparing a military plan contemplating a wave of "short and powerful" strikes on Iranian infrastructure to force Tehran back
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