Daily Open: Who's steering oil now?

Iran's medium-sized oil tankers continue to wait off the coast of Bandar Abbas at the Strait of Hormuz in Hormozgan Province, Iran on September 09, 2026.Anadolu | Anadolu | Getty ImagesHello, this is Anniek Bao writing to you from Singapore. Welcome to another edition of CNBC's Daily Open.The Iran war landed on Britain's doorstep this weekend.The Pentagon pulled every U.S. bomber out of RAF Fairford, an air base in southern England, after a suspected terror plot, while more tankers were struck in waters near Iran. In Yemen, the government launched an offensive to retake Houthi-held territory, and OPEC+ held its November output targets steady.Elsewhere, the Brazil elections look headed for a runoff, and U.S. President Donald Trump named a new AI czar. What you need to know todayThe Pentagon said all U.S. B-1 bombers deployed to RAF Fairford have redeployed to their home stations in the United States, after an investigations discovered a planned terror attack. Dozens of B-52 and B-1 bombers operated out of the air base since the opening day of the Strait of Hormuz conflict, mostly used to launch strikes on Iran. More vessels were hit in waters near Iran and Oman, even as Tehran resta...