EU to address energy crisis, Nepal election

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We're soaring oil prices fueled by the conflict in the Middle East have shaken Asian markets.

The price of crude surged above $100 a barrel for the first time since 2022, causing stocks

in South Korea and Japan to sharply fall.

It's after major oil producers, including Kuwait and Iran, cut production after Iran

closed the strait of Hormuz.

Meanwhile there's also been an Iranian attack on Israel, Israeli emergency services say

one person has died and two people injured in central Israel.

Israel continues its attacks on Israel following US-Israeli strikes on the country.

Israel has launched a new wave of air strikes on Lebanon's capital, Beirut.

Israeli army says it was targeting building housing a financial institution used by Hezbollah.

Lebanese government says Israeli strikes have killed nearly 400 people over the past week

and more than 500,000 people have been displaced.

European Union oil and gas supply coordination groups are set to meet on Thursday.

They will address the conflict's impact on energy markets and review EU countries' oil

supplies.

UK Prime Minister Kistama says his government is working with international partners to

ease the economic fallout.

Let's take a look at some of the day's other news, making headlines a man has been killed

in a Russian attack in eastern Ukraine.

Several others were injured in the bomb blast on Sunday in Kramatorsk.

The city is 14 kilometres from the front line and is one of Ukraine's last strongholds

in the eastern Donetsk region.

A centrist party in Nepal led by a rapid-turned politician is set for a landslide victory.

It's the first parliamentary election since youth-led protesters ousted the previous leadership.

The national independent party led by Belendra Shah has already won two-thirds of the 165

seat in early results.

Folk counting is still ongoing and final results could be out as early as Tuesday.

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