Anonymousabout 2 hours ago
The US-Israeli military campaign against Iran, launched on February 28, 2026, has closed vast swathes of Middle Eastern airspace and driven European airfares up 20–35% on affected corridors, with jet fuel prices nearly doubling since the conflict began. Yet the UK economy posted a surprise 0.6% GDP expansion in Q1 2026 — the strongest quarterly growth in a year — raising questions about whether the war's economic drag is being offset by defence spending and services-sector resilience, or whether the headline figure masks vulnerabilities that will surface in coming quarters.