Oil prices jump as ‘tankers hit by drones’

Britain has become as unattractive for investment as Venezuela because of Labour’s net zero crackdown on the oil industry, a North Sea boss has warned.The Dow Jones Industrial Average slid 0.7pc to 49,233 points, while the benchmark S&P 500 and the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite both lost 0.2pc in early afternoon trading in New York.US stocks have dipped after US inflation held firm last month and Donald Trump ramped up pressure on Iran’s leaders.Mr Trump said on Tuesday that the US does not need the trade agr ...