Middle East crisis live: Mojtaba Khamenei chosen as Iran’s new supreme leader; oil prices soar past $100 a barrel

Iran has named hardliner Mojtaba Khamenei as the country’s new supreme leader; Donald Trump says oil price spike ‘a small price to pay’ as markets tumble

A loud explosion was heard in Beirut’s southern suburbs a short while ago.

Plumes of smoke were seen rising from the Lebanese capital’s southern suburbs after the blast was heard, a journalist with Agence-France-Presse reported.

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