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Iran's new supreme leader, Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, said the Strait of Hormuz should stay closed and new fronts in the war will be opened if the US and Israel continue their attacks. These were the first public statements made by Khamenei since succeeding his father four days ago. Bloomberg Opinion's Marc Champion joins Bloomberg Open Interest with more.

Brent crude oil is trading near $100 as the IEA says this is the largest supply disruption ever in the history of the global oil market. Bloomberg's Alaric Nightingale reports.

Nela Richardson, ADP chief economist and a Bloomberg contributor, says the US is facing the peculiar situation of a pretty strong labor market with very weak hiring on "Bloomberg Surveillance."

Bloomberg's Tom Mackenzie speaks to Jarad Cannon, Chief Technology Officer of Humanoid at Citi's flagship EMEA tech conference in London about the UK-based AI and Robotics firm's progress toward real commercial uses for humanoid robots.

Applications for US unemployment benefits edged down last week as initial claims decreased by 1,000 to 213,000 in the week ended March 7. Meanwhile, the US trade deficit narrowed in January as exports increased, with the gap in goods and services trade shrinking more than 25% from the prior month to $54.5 billion. Michael McKee breaks down the data on Bloomberg Television.

Steven Major, global macro advisor at Tradition Dubai, says the global bond market seems to be pricing in a lot of stagflation risk.

"We think this is not days, for sure, but it's not months either," says Jean Boivin, head of BlackRock Investment Institute, as he sees the energy-led supply chain shock of the Iran war lasting "in the realm of weeks."

Bloomberg's Tom Mackenzie speaks to Deel President and CFO Joe Kauffman at the DisrupTech conference in London on the company's growth and how the AI changes in the labor market are helping their business.

Oman's key oil export terminal was evacuated and two crude tankers were hit in Iraqi waters, as risks to global energy supply from the Middle East war deepened. Ships were ordered to leave the port of Mina Al Fahal in Oman as a precautionary measure, according to people who directly received a notice from a port agent. The attacks on the vessels off the coast of Iraq also prompted the nation's oil terminals to suspend operations. he latest developments point to an increase in retaliatory attacks from Iran, adding to pessimism that the war will persist for longer. Our EMEA News Director Will Kennedy joined Stephen Carroll and Caroline Hepker on Bloomberg Radio to discuss.

BMW AG Chief Executive Officer Oliver Zipse says the automaker isn't currently seeing any supply-chain disruptions due to the conflict in the Middle East. Speaking to Bloomberg's Oliver Crook, he also talks about the company's 2026 outlook, saying "we will see a rather stable environment overall at BMW."