Londoners stranded in the Middle East have described seeing drones being shot down in the sky above them.
Richard Pugh and Hannah Norman, a married couple from Beckenham in south-east London, were only meant to have a layover in Bahrain on their way to Oman.
But with airspaces remaining largely closed as Iran continues to launch strikes in the region in response to an ongoing attack by Israel and the US, they are unable to leave.
“We started to hear explosions, which was the US naval base 20 minutes away from the hotel being attacked,” Norman said, adding: “We haven’t experienced anything like this before.”