Oil jumps as Trump dismisses Iran's reply to peace plan

An ANA jet flies above a gas station in Inglewood, California
The Iran war remains unpopular in the US as petrol prices soar six months before midterm elections. -AP

President Donald Trump's swift rejection of Iran's response to ‌a US peace proposal has sent oil prices surging amid concerns the 10-week-old conflict will drag on, keeping shipping through the Strait of Hormuz paralysed.

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