A US official told AP that about 9,000 sailors and Marines were heading to the region with the USS Theodore Roosevelt carrier strike group and the USS Makin Island amphibious group, which could put three US carriers there by the end of October; Trump told Time it was 'possible' he would step up bombing of Iran after the 3 November elections. Brent futures rose 4.4% to settle at $102.31 after the Wall Street Journal reported the deployment.
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