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1. Iran targets commercial ships, oil infrastructure as Israel expands strikes to central Beirut

   

2. Air Transat charging more for flights to Europe as jet fuel prices weigh on airlines

   

   Air Transat is charging more for flights to Europe as the soaring cost of jet fuel — triggered by an oil crisis that has emerged from the war in the Middle East — weighs on Canadian and international airlines.

3. Markets a mixed bag as international agency plans major release of oil reserves

   

4. Russia accuses Britain of helping Ukraine in missile strike that killed 6

   

   The Kremlin on Wednesday accused British specialists of involvement in a deadly Ukrainian strike on the Russian city of ‌Bryansk that used British Storm Shadow missiles and said it would take Britain's role "into account."

5. At least 17 killed after drone strikes school in Sudan

   

   An explosive-laden drone blamed on Sudanese paramilitaries struck a secondary school and a health-care centre in southern Sudan Wednesday, killing at least 17 people, mostly schoolgirls, a hospital official and a medical group said.