Claims extracted
15
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
33%
5 of 15 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
66/100
The Guardian's corrections and
hedging, across everything collected from it. Not a measure of accuracy.
Outlets on this story
3
Economy/Business
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
Oil prices jumped to a five-month high on Thursday after attacks in Saudi Arabia and hits to tankers in the strait of Hormuz threatened further disruptions to the world’s crude supply.
asserted
attacks → jump → supply
Brent crude, the international benchmark for oil prices, rose by 3% to hit $112 a barrel for first time since 18 May.
uncertain
crude → rise → May
Yemeni Houthis, who are aligned with Iran, hit several targets in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday, with two people killed and eight more wounded in a civilian airport in Dammam, and two people killed in a drone attack on a Saudi oilfield.
asserted
people → align → oilfield
Elsewhere the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said four vessels involved in “illegal” oil transfers in the northern Gulf were hit and caught fire after being tracked by its forces on Wednesday.
asserted
vessels → say → Wednesday
It said three more vessels collided with mines west of the strait of Hormuz, and warned the US that continued provocations could lead to a wider response against its regional bases.
uncertain
provocations → say → bases
The US has now ordered some diplomats and family members to leave their missions in Saudi Arabia, and it plans to withdraw family members from a number of other missions in the Middle East, according to Reuters, who also reported that Saudi Aramco has instructed staff to evacuate its headquarters in Dhahran and work remotely.
uncertain
Aramco → order → Dhahran
Concern is growing that conflict in the region could escalate further, almost eight months after Tehran’s effective block on the strait of Hormuz triggered what many feared would bring the greatest energy supply disruption in the history of the market.
uncertain
many → grow → market
In the first weeks after the US-Israeli attacks on Iran, oil surged past $100 a barrel and market observers predicted prices of up to $150 a barrel as flows through Hormuz came to a halt.
asserted
flows → surge → halt
Oil peaked at $126 a barrel in April during the conflict and fell back below $100 in late May and then to lows of $71 at the start of July amid hopes of a ceasefire in the region.
uncertain
Oil → peak → region
The price began to climb again after the memorandum of understanding between the US and Iran fell apart and fresh hostilities broke out in the Gulf.
asserted
hostilities → begin → Gulf
However, data from Kpler has shown that oil exports from the Persian Gulf have now risen above their prewar levels, partly because of an increase in oil pumped overland through pipelines to the Red Sea and Gulf of Oman.
asserted
exports → show → Oman
Global stocks wobbled on Thursday amid expectations of higher inflation and borrowing costs.
asserted
stocks → wobble → inflation
The Stoxx Europe 600, which tracks the biggest companies on the continent, fell by 1%, with the UK’s FTSE 100 down by 0.7%.
asserted
which → track → %
In Asia, Japan’s Nikkei 225 index dropped 2.7%, while the South Korean Kospi fell 3.5%.
asserted
Kospi → drop → Asia
Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index shed 3%.
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index → shed → %
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