Markets settled after Trump claimed US-Israel war with Iran is ‘very complete’, bringing oil prices down to $85 a barrel

• How high could oil prices go – and what might the global economic fallout be?

US stock markets closed on a high after oil prices swung wildly on Monday, reaching a four-year high in the morning that rattled Asian and European markets before settling down once Donald Trump said the US-Israel war with Iran is “very complete”.

After surging past $100 a barrel on Monday morning, oil prices came down to $85 a barrel by the time that US stock markets closed in the afternoon. US stocks leaped at a report from a CBS News reporter that Trump thinks “the war is very complete, pretty much” because “they have no navy, no communications, they’ve got no air force”.

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Tottenham Hotspur will prioritise earning Premier League survival over Champions League progress, says interim manager Igor Tudor.

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Holliday Grainger’s superlative drama, and its focus on shady digital practices, has never looked more timely. Its latest series is a seriously impressive feat

Last month, the Guardian reported on an arrest made by police in Southampton. Automated facial recognition software had identified the likely perpetrator of a burglary 100 miles away in Milton Keynes; the cops had a photo of the robber, and now they had found a match. The trouble was, not only was the arrested guy not the real culprit but, apart from them both being of south Asian heritage, the two men didn’t even look alike. Only one had a beard, and they were noticeably different in age. The algorithm couldn’t be trusted.

Fans of the superlative BBC conspiracy thriller The Capture might have read the story and let out a dry chuckle. Although it deals with bigger problems than one unfortunate guy unfairly spending time in a cell, the drama exists in a world bedevilled by opaque online systems and unreliable digital imagery. Every day something in our modern reality chimes with it, whether it’s dodgy data firms getting government contracts or your mum’s Instagram being overrun by AI videos of dogs with five legs. It’s a good time for The Capture to come back.

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Many expect the 56-year-old, who has largely kept a low profile, to continue his father's hardline policies.

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• Townsend: ‘This is very significant but it’s round four’

• Kyle Steyn expected to be fit for final match in Dublin

Gregor Townsend remained ice cool after Scotland’s exhilarating seven-try victory against France, which keeps them in the hunt for the title with one round to play, a position Scotland have never known in the Six Nations. The win was no big deal, he seemed to be saying.

“There have been other games where it’s probably meant a lot to the group,” he said, “whether it was a response or to break a record – away from home in Paris or Wales, or beating England for the first time in a number of years. So they maybe are the ones that have more significance. This [win] is very significant, but just now it’s round four. And it gives us a chance to win in round five.”

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Chelsea come from behind twice to scupper 10-man Wrexham's hopes of a giant-killing in a thrilling FA Cup fifth-round tie.

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• British No 1 snaps losing streak with 6-1, 6-3 victory

• Former coach Mark Petchey returns to her corner

Emma Raducanu enjoyed a 6-1, 6-3 victory over Anastasia Zakharova to reach the last 32 in Indian Wells.

Raducanu arrived at the WTA 1000 tournament on a three-match losing streak and eager to rediscover form after her January split from coach Francisco Roig.

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