Nathan Hager

The UK stands apart as a place to do business, not because of one advantage, but many working together.

Over £10 trillion in capital, four of the world's top universities, a 10-year industrial strategy in action, its stability with dynamism, global reach with local depth.

It all adds up to greater growth.

Find out more at business.gov.uk slash growth.

I'm Nathan Hager, and this is Bloomberg.

As one of the world's leading financial centres, the UK puts over £10 trillion to work every day, fuelling innovation across every sector.

Home to four of the world's top universities, it provides exceptional talent and breakthrough research.

This sits alongside a clear 10-year industrial strategy, unlocking smarter regulation and making it faster and easier to operate.

Stability with dynamism.

Global connectivity with local depth.

It all adds up to greater growth.

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I'm Nathan Hager.

And Karen, oil is on the rise again after gaining the most since October yesterday.

This morning, West Texas Intermediate is up 1%.

That's as Axios has reported the Trump administration is closer to a major war in the Middle East than most expect.

Axios says a U.S.

operation would likely be a weeks-long campaign.

We get more from Bloomberg Managing Editor Paul Wallace in Dubai.

Bloomberg's Paul Wallace says the U.S.