Iran selects new supreme leader, South Korea imposes price cap on domestic fuel

Al Jazeera podcasts Iran has named the son of the former Supreme

leader as the new head of the country.

Mojtaba Khamenei was appointed just over a week after his father, Ayatoll Ali Khamenei,

was killed in a U.S.-Israeli air strike.

He was chosen by an assembly of experts consisting of 88 clerics.

U.S. President Donald Trump has said he is not happy about his appointment.

His administration had been pushing to be involved in the selection.

On Sunday, the Israeli military warned it will target anyone who replaces the previous

leader.

Tehran insists only Iranians can decide the future of their country.

Iranian drones and missiles continue to target countries across the Gulf region.

Fire has broken out.

After a drone strike, Babko oil refinery in Bahrain in the south of the capital Manama.

The facilities Bahrain's main oil refinery and a key facility in its energy sector.

The oil company has declared force measure on its operations after Monday's attack.

Earlier, the government said a drone strike injured 32 people in Bahrain and caused damage

in the Citra area.

Soaring oil prices fueled by the conflict in the Middle East have shaken Asian markets.

Stocks in South Korea and Japan fell sharply after the price of crude past $110 a barrel

for the first time since 2022.

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

the closure of the street of Hormuz.

Another developments related to this conflict, South Korea has imposed a price cap on domestic

fuel for the first time in 30 years.

It's an effort to ease the impact of the war.

President Lee Jae-miung says his country will also look for sources of energy beyond those

shipped via the street of Hormuz, which he ran closed.

Given that it's difficult to predict how the situation will unfold, our government

must prepare proactive measures with a heightened sense of urgency, keeping even the worst

case scenario in mind.

Israeli strikes on Lebanon have entered their second week with attacks on the capital

Beirut.

The army says it was targeting Hezbollah, that is, the Israeli army.

It was, it says it was targeting Hezbollah infrastructure.

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

week.

More than 500,000 people have been displaced.

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