The US-Israel war with Iran – and the dual blockades of the Strait of Hormuz by Washington and Tehran – have caused the price of jet fuel to surge, and left some in the transport industry warning of global shortages in the weeks ahead.

The BBC’s transport correspondent Theo Leggett tells us what this could mean for travellers, as millions of people prepare to take their summer holidays.

Several airlines have raised the price of seats, while others have begun cancelling flights. The German airline Lufthansa has announced it will cut 20,000 European short-haul flights over the summer, saying that rising fuel costs mean the journeys would no longer be profitable.

The head of the International Air Transport Association Willie Walsh has said that flight cancellations due to fuel shortages are already being seen in parts of Asia – which relies heavily on fuel from the Gulf – and could happen in Europe by the end of May.

The European Union’s energy commissioner Dan Jorgensen has said Europe is already experiencing “a crisis of prices and not yet a crisis of supply, but unfortunately we cannot be sure to prevent a crisis of supply.

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Giant octopuses may have ruled the ancient oceans 100 million years ago, when dinosaurs roamed the Earth, according to new research.

Some of the earliest octopuses are believed to have been powerful predators equipped with strong arms for grabbing prey and beak-like jaws for munching on the shells and bones of other animals.

A new study, by scientists from Hokkaido University in Japan, of some remarkably well preserved jaws suggest they reached up to 19m (62ft), potentially making them the largest invertebrates ever known to scientists.

For decades, palaeontologists believed that the largest ocean predators were vertebrates with backbones such as fish and reptiles while invertebrates like octopuses and squid played supporting roles.

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Today, Adam, Alex, James and Felicity look at the latest stories from the UK elections campaign trail.

Why are public services at the top of the campaign agenda?

What will it mean for Westminster if nationalist parties sweep the board?

And why is Eluned Morgan explaining how to vote for her though the medium of canned cocktails?

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