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Oil hits $100 a barrel for first time since July after US and Houthi strikes
Brent crude - the global benchmark for prices - rises after the US hit five Iranian tankers on Tuesday
BBC World•
Oil prices rose past $100 a barrel on Wednesday after further strikes in the US and Iran conflict and continuing Houthi attacks in Saudi Arabia.
In back and forth attacks, the US hit five Iranian tankers in reprisal strikes after Tehran targeted one of its warships.
Brent crude - which is the global benchmark for prices - has not been as expensive since the end of July, when a ceasefire between Iran and the US collapsed.
The latest round of escalation comes after Iran targeted a US warship with ballistic missiles, which Centcom said were "successfully evaded". It added that no American troops were harmed during the attacks.