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Saudi-led strikes hit oil markets

Crude oil soared towards $59 a barrel after Saudi Arabia and its Gulf Arab allies began a military operation in Yemen. As Kirsty Basset reports, Yemen sits on a key shipping passage between Europe and the Arab Gulf.