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

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Israel says it will target any figure chosen to succeed Ali Khamenei, who was killed in US-Israeli strikes

Mojtaba Khamenei is to replace his father as Iran’s new supreme leader