On Left Right & Centre, Ben Smith, Co-founder and Editor-in-Chief of Semaphore, explains how the Iran-Israel war has triggered the biggest weekly oil spike since 1982, choked the Strait of Hormuz, and opened a terrifying new front with strikes on Gulf desalination plants. From tanker risks to drone warfare and US-China tensions, Smith warns the conflict's trajectory is unpredictable - and the global fallout could be severe.