Oil prices top $100 a barrel after talks fail and Trump orders Hormuz blockade

Naval blockade is attempt to choke off Iranian oil flow as US president threatens to eliminate Iranian ‘attack ships’

Oil prices jumped back above $100 a barrel and global stocks fell after weekend talks between the US and Iran ended without an agreement and Donald Trump imposed a blockade of the strait of Hormuz.

The US president said on Sunday the blockade would target Iranian vessels and ships that have paid a toll to Iran for passage through the strait, in an attempt to choke off the flow of Iranian oil.

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