Brent crude jumps nearly 5% and European markets drop, with airlines including Ryanair among hardest hit
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Oil prices jumped and stocks fell after the US launched a fresh wave of attacks against Iran amid an escalating standoff over the strait or Hormuz.
Brent crude, the international benchmark for oil prices, rose 4.7% to $79.59 a barrel on the renewed hostilities in the Middle East.
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