The deleted tweet that sums up a wild week in markets
- Iran's new supreme leader, Moshe Bahamaneh, vows to keep the Strait of Hormuz closed, disrupting global oil supplies.
- Israel intensifies bombardment of Hezbollah in Lebanon, killing nearly 700 and displacing over 800,000.
- Lebanon's Prime Minister Na'af Salam condemns the country
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