{"text":[[{"start":9.7,"text":"Oil hit $110 for the first time in three weeks on Tuesday as the US and Iran appeared to make little progress towards a peace deal that would unlock energy supplies through the Strait of Hormuz. "}],[{"start":22.65,"text":"Brent crude, the international oil benchmark, rose more than 2 per cent to $110.64 a barrel. West Texas Intermediate, the US benchmark, gained 2.2 per cent to hit $98.47 a barrel."}],[{"start":38.25,"text":"The White House said on Monday that US officials were discussing Iran’s latest proposal, which has not been made public, but maintained “red lines” on any deal to end the eight-week war, including preventing Tehran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. "}],[{"start":51.95,"text":"White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters that Trump had convened national security officials to review the proposal. “His red lines with respect to Iran have been made very, very clear,” she said, adding that Trump would address the matter “very soon”."}],[{"start":67.75,"text":"Speaking on Monday, US secretary of state Marco Rubio said there were “questions” over Iran’s offer and said Tehran’s nuclear programme remained a “fundamental issue [that] still has to be confronted”."}],[{"start":80.75,"text":"“It’s better than what we thought they were going to submit. I think there are still questions about whether the person submitting it had the authority to submit that offer,” Rubio told Fox News."}],[{"start":92.35,"text":"Asked whether the US would accept an offer by Iran to open the strait while delaying talks over Tehran’s nuclear programme, Rubio said he would not speculate on what Trump might do."}],[{"start":102.69999999999999,"text":"“Suffice it to say that the nuclear question is the reason why we’re in this in the first place . . . that still remains the core issue,” he said."}],[{"start":111.64999999999999,"text":"The last time Brent traded above $110 a barrel was on April 7, before Trump’s announcement of a temporary ceasefire pushed prices down sharply. They fell to as low as $86.09 a barrel on April 17. "}],[{"start":132.6,"text":""}]],"url":"https://audio.ftcn.net.cn/album/a_1777363680_6870.mp3"}