In brief
President Donald Trump blamed the sharp rise in oil prices on the Iran war, claiming it would end after the mid‑terms. Oil spiked to $100 a barrel after US and Iranian tankers and Houthi attacks in Saudi Arabia. BBC’s Sarah Smith interviewed voters in Texas at the Republican Party’s mid‑terms convention to gauge how the price surge might affect the election outcome.
President Donald Trump claimed the Iran war would end immediately after the US mid‑term elections, and he blamed the surge in oil prices on the conflict.
Oil prices shot up to $100 (≈ £74) a barrel after the US and Iran attacked tankers in the Gulf, while Yemen’s Houthis struck oil facilities in Saudi Arabia.
BBC correspondent Sarah Smith was on location at the Republican Party’s first mid‑terms convention in Texas, where she asked voters how they thought the price spike would influence the election.
Video edited by Mabel Pickering.
