President Emmanuel Macron orders an unprecedented task force including the aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle, eight frigates and two Mistral-type landing helicopter carriers to protect shipping after the Strait of Hormuz closes and Brent and West Texas Intermediate crude spike above $100 per barrel.French general staff say more than 80 percent of principal surface ships are at sea and about 50 to 100 French sailors are immobilized near Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait because vessels cannot safely transit the strait.Paris calls a
Group of Seven energy meeting in the capital as diesel tops €2 per liter, the
Royal Navy delays
HMS Dragon and markets briefly react to a statement from
Donald Trump while the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and missile activity raise security risks.