UK troops ordered to drive fuel tankers to ease national crisis

The United Kingdom has ordered soldiers to start driving fuel tankers to replenish empty pumps in a crisis sparked by a shortage of truck drivers blamed on strict Brexit rules.

Tensions, oil prices rise after new attacks on Gulf tankers

Oil prices settled 2.2 per cent higher overnight after attacks on two tankers in the Gulf of Oman stoked concerns of reduced crude trade flows through one of the world’s key shipping routes.