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The 32 members of the International Energy Agency agree to their largest ever release of oil reserves, in an effort to calm markets. Our business correspondent explains. The UN Security Council is meeting to address the escalating situation in the Middle East. We speak to our correspondent there. Three commercial ships have been damaged by "unknown projectiles" in the Strait of Hormuz. We explain why the Strait is so strategically important and hear from former ship captains about what it’s like to transit through it. The European Union says there has been a surge in violence by Jewish settlers against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank since the US and Israel started the war with Iran almost two weeks ago. Our correspondent in Jerusalem has the details. English language music is losing its stranglehold on the charts. That's according to new data from music streaming giant Spotify. We speak to our music correspondent. Presenter: James Reynolds.
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