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Podcast: Bloomberg Daybreak: US Edition
Episode: Oil Surges Past $100 a Barrel; Khamenei’s Son Takes Power in Iran
Description: Today's top stories, with context, in just 15 minutes.On today's podcast:1) Iran named the son of the late Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as its new supreme leader and President Trump called $100 oil a “small price to pay,” with neither side showing any sign of deescalating a war now entering its 10th day. Mojtaba Khamenei, 56, won a “decisive vote” in Iran’s Assembly of Experts, the semi-official Fars news agency reported Sunday. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, one of Iran’s most powerful and feared organizations, pledged full obedience to the new leader in a statement. Trump, meanwhile, said the US and I...