Abir Abu Omar

Bloomberg News Now · Trump Threatens to Bomb Oman, US-Iran Peace Prospects Dim, More · 17 Aug 2026 podcast

Now, Iran sells ninety percent of its oil to China, so could this perhaps mean sanctioning Beijing, which would in turn lead us to a different story: further tariffs, retaliation.

Bloomberg News Now · Gaza Strikes Dent Peace Plan, Trump Reduces Korea Drills, More · 17 Aug 2026 podcast

These are the deadliest strikes against the southern part of Lebanon since that MOU was reached in June, which the expiry date for that if you were to hold it into account given the latest escalations we've seen in the region mean anything.

That deadline is due later today.

We don't know what exactly is going to happen once it expires.

Bloomberg News Now · Fresh Iran Measures, Trump Reduces US-South Korea Drills, More · 17 Aug 2026 podcast

These are the deadliest strikes against the southern part of Lebanon since that MOU was reached in June, which the expiry date for that if you were to hold it into account given the latest escalations we've seen in the region mean anything.

That deadline is due later today.

We don't know what exactly is going to happen once it expires.

Bloomberg News Now · Trump Pivots to Economic Pressure on Iran, AI Momentum, More · 13 Aug 2026 podcast

President Trump saying that he is now resorting to having economic pressure have its way and let Iran succumb to the economic pressure that it's been exposed to over the past six months or so.

And then Iran has uh promoted or the government, Mustab Khamini, the new Supreme Leader, has promoted those hardliners into the echelons of power over the weekend.

Now what this could mean for the wider negotiation.

negotiations unclarity around just what exactly they would want, but then w one starts to think that Iran is probably preparing itself for a situation where this could get much, much worse.

Bloomberg News Now · Lakers Sold at a Record, Trump on Hormuz: 'Total Control,' More · 12 Aug 2026 podcast

We heard from the Iranian side, of course, the negotiations that are taking place with Oman, that is, to develop some kind of mechanism to get a trickle of movement through the Strait of Hermuz.

The latest we know about that from Al Jazeera, for example, saying that those negotiations are in an advanced stage.

They were citing a Qatari foreign ministry spokesperson about that, and it falls in line with the reporting that we have as well about those talks being.

Bloomberg News Now · Stocks Rise on Soft CPI and Tech Earnings, Dems Tug-of-War, More · 12 Aug 2026 podcast

What we know on the ground, there is a distinction to be made between these back and forth claims that we're hearing, not just from the US side, the Iranian side as well, and then the physicality of what is actually happening in the Strait of Remuse.

And that is a two-sided story.

One is the US naval blockade that is still in place.

As a matter of fact, we heard from Central Command overnight saying that a Navy helicopter had attacked a Panama flagged vessel.

soul for trying to go through the US blockade into Iranian ports.

Bloomberg News Now · Core Inflation Subdued, Upset for Democratic Socialists, More · 12 Aug 2026 podcast

What we know on the ground, there is a distinction to be made between these back and forth claims that we're hearing, not just from the US side, the Iranian side as well, and then the physicality of what is actually happening in the Strait of Remuse.

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