Welcome to our live updates of the US and Israel’s war with Iran.
It’s been a day of mixed signals so far as Donald Trump said he was “seriously considering” either blockading or invading Iran’s oil hub of Kharg Island to force Tehran into submission, despite saying moments later that the war was “wrapping up”.
Most of Iran’s oil is shipped from the Persian Gulf island and a capture by the US would cut off Tehran from most of its lucrative oil trade.
Taking it would be an escalation in the conflict and it wouldn’t be easy, involving the US committing ground troops. It could also lead to another spike in oil prices.
Iran, meanwhile, appears to be on the offensive, saying it would target tourist sites around the world and firing two intermediate-range ballistic missiles far beyond the Middle East, at Diego Garcia, a joint US-UK military base in the middle of the Indian Ocean.
Read on for more updates.