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By Lana Lam and Tiffanie Turnbull/BBC-Sydney. A major fire at one of Australia’s two oil refineries has been extinguished, but the damage has deepened fears over the nation’s petrol supplies amid a global fuel crunch. Emergency crews rushed to Viva’s Corio oil refinery in Geelong, southwest of Melbourne, just before midnight on Wednesday, after reports of explosions and flames. The blaze was put out on Thursday after burning for 13 hours. No one was injured, with dozens of workers on site when it broke out evacuated safely. The refinery – which produces 50% of Victoria’s fuel and 10% of the…

By BBC News/ Colin Ambler cvnznews.com Iran has warned that any further strikes on civilian areas by the United States or Israel will trigger a “much more devastating and widespread” response, escalating fears of a deeper regional conflict as tensions over the Strait of Hormuz reach a critical point. The statement, issued by a spokesman for the Khatam al‑Anbiya Central Headquarters — Iran’s highest operational military command — was broadcast by state media and framed as a direct response to increasingly aggressive rhetoric from Washington. It follows US President Donald Trump’s latest threat to target Iranian power plants and bridges…