Trump claims US will reinstate Iranian blockade and charge fee for ships crossing strait of Hormuz – Middle East crisis live

US president says strait will remain open ‘with or without’ Iran and there will be a 20% rate charged on all cargo shippedUS launches new attack wave on Iran as Tehran says diplomacy has proven ‘futile’Bahrain’s military has accused Iran of targeting civilians with its latest attacks on the country, after Tehran said it had struck US military facilities and infrastructure there earlier.“Iran continues its systematic hostile approach through its heinous attacks with missiles and drones that target civilians in the Kingdom of Bahrain,” the general command of Bahrain’s military said, adding that air defences “intercepted and destroyed a number