US launches new airstrikes against Iran hours after Trump threatens to escalate

Iran responds by targeting US-allied Kuwait and Qatar and accusing US of striking near its sole nuclear power plantMiddle East crisis live – latest updatesThe US has launched new airstrikes against Iran, hours after Donald Trump threatened to escalate the conflict unless Iran stopped attacking ships in the strait of Hormuz.Iran, which is burying its former supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, on Thursday, responded by targeting US-allied Kuwait and Qatar and accused the US of striking near its sole nuclear power plant. Continue reading...