US expands Iran offensive as diplomats claim talks ongoing

US military confirms third service member killed in current round of fighting as price of oil passes $90 a barrel, deepening energy crisisMiddle East crisis live: follow latest updatesThe US expanded its aerial offensive against Iran on Monday, hitting a city hosting a nuclear power plant, while Iran responded with strikes on Bahrain and Kuwait as diplomats insisted talks were ongoing.Iranian media on Monday reported strikes around Tabriz, believed to hold underground missile bases, as well as Bushehr, home to the country’s only operational civilian nuclear power plant as the US military said it had struck “military command centers, air