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- 21:01
Brent breaks through $100, Goldman opens door to $120 scenario
Brent crude oil surpassed $100 a barrel today, the first such breakthrough since July, amid the escalation between the United States and Iran and attacks on maritime traffic. On Tuesday the benchmark stood at $97.54, with an intraday high of $99.46. Goldman Sachs’ head of oil research, Daan Struyven, called it “decidedly plausible” (transl. from English) for Brent to exceed $120 if Gulf exports fail to recover; the bank’s base case remains a gradual return of flows via alternative routes. In early July, Brent was trading at around $72 (CNBC, CBS News).
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- 21:01
Apple's first iPhone presentation in Cupertino with Ternus as chief executive
Apple’s autumn presentation began at 7 p.m. Italian time at the Steve Jobs Theater in Cupertino, the first with John Ternus as chief executive: previously head of hardware engineering, he took over from Tim Cook on September 1, with Cook remaining executive chairman (Libero Tecnologia, Everyeye). The iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max, the first foldable model, new watches and earphones, and the iOS 27 release date are expected; base models would reportedly be pushed back to spring 2027 (Webmasterpoint). The actual announcements cannot yet be confirmed through independent sources at the time of publication: we will verify them tomorrow morning.
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- 12:02
Centcom: five Iranian tankers destroyed; Iran claims raids on US ships
Centcom announced on Tuesday the destruction of five tankers linked to the Revolutionary Guards — four in the Gulf of Oman, one near Kharg Island — and reports the sinking of the M/T Riesco: “No US military personnel were injured” (transl. from English). On Wednesday Iranian state media claim an attack on two US ships and eight tankers in the Gulf: a claim currently supported only by state sources from a single country, which we report as a statement. The Jordanian state agency reports the interception of 18 of 20 Iranian ballistic missiles (CBS News, AGBI). Sources cited: IRNA and Iranian state media (Iranian state), Jordan News Agency (Jordanian state agency).
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