The wider consequences of war
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🗓️ 1 April 2026
⏱️ 7 minutes
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President Donald Trump is scheduled to address the nation about Iran tonight. He told reporters yesterday that the war could wrap up in two to three weeks. Meanwhile, Iran has issued a new threat against 18 U.S. businesses operating in the region, including Microsoft, Google, Intel, Tesla, and Boeing. The war is also having dire effects on energy in South and Southeast Asia. Plus, how much is air travel being impacted by rising jet fuel costs?
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| 0:00.0 | Markets are hopeful, but for now, the war is still very much on. |
| 0:07.0 | From Marketplace, I'm Sabrina Beneshaw, in for David Brancaccio. |
| 0:10.2 | President Trump is scheduled to address the nation about Iran tonight at 9 p.m. Eastern. |
| 0:15.6 | He told reporters yesterday the war could wrap up in two to three weeks, |
| 0:18.9 | even if there is no peace deal struck with Iran's |
| 0:22.0 | government. Meanwhile, Iran has issued a new threat against U.S. businesses operating in the Gulf |
| 0:28.0 | region, saying they'll be targeted within hours. Marketplaces Nova Safo has more on that. |
| 0:33.4 | Through semi-official news agencies, Iran warned it will launch regional attacks against U.S. businesses. |
| 0:39.2 | It accuses of aiding in the war. Among those named are Microsoft, Google, Intel, Tesla, and Boeing. |
| 0:45.8 | The attacks will reportedly commence at 8 p.m. local time, which would be around 12.30 p.m. Eastern. |
| 0:51.9 | Iran warned employees of the companies it named to leave their |
| 0:55.2 | workplaces. The White House responded that the U.S. military is prepared to curtail the attacks. |
| 1:01.0 | If Iran follows through on its threats, it would be reminiscent of the war's early days |
| 1:05.6 | when drones damaged three Amazon data centers in the Gulf. The attacks highlighted vulnerabilities, |
| 1:12.0 | especially for tech companies. Data centers are large complexes and not protected against military |
| 1:18.0 | attacks. Cloud computing networks have redundancies, but can suffer outages if multiple |
| 1:23.3 | locations go offline. I'm Novvosafo for Marketplace. |
| 1:32.9 | The fuels that get us from A to B have gotten a lot more expensive. Gas is up 36% in the month, diesel up 32%, and then there is jet fuel. It is up more than 100%, though it did come |
| 1:39.6 | down a hair last week. Marketplaces, Samantha Fields, has more on how spiking fuel prices are affecting |
| 1:44.9 | airlines and travelers. People tend to book plane tickets a month to three months in advance, |
| 1:50.6 | so many had not yet booked summer travel when the war began in February. Since then, |
| 1:55.9 | Henry Hardeweld at Atmospheric Research Group says airfares have jumped. It doesn't matter whether it's a budget airline or a global network airline, whether you're |
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