Main Points US forces fired at 90 Iranian military targets in a second day of attacks along Iran’s coastline, US Central Command saidUS Central Command said the strikes were in response to Iranian attacks on commercial ships in the Strait of HormuzIran on Wednesday said it attacked US military sites in Bahrain and Kuwait in response to earlier US strikes on infrastructureOn Wednesday US president Donald Trump said the US “hit them very hard last night, very, very hard”, adding the US would “probably hit them hard again tonight”In a post on Truth Social Trump said if Iran continued to attack ships in the strait US attacks on Iran “will get much worse”Several nations in the Gulf have reported apparent Iranian attacks – including explosions in Bahrain’s capital ManamaOil prices appeared largely stable following the overnight US strikes on Iran, rising 1 per cent to $79 a barrel, bringing the rise this week to 9 per centBest Reads Global Briefing: Trump says Iran ceasefire is ‘over’. But is it?Trump says agreement to halt fighting is “over” No strait answer as US and Iran stuck in cycle of strikesIsrael prepares for possibility of renewed full-scale warSarah Burns - 1 hour agoTrump denies security concerns behind plane swap The new Air Force One, which was donated to the US by Qatar. Photograph: Doug Mills/The New York Times
US and Tehran launch strikes as Trump warns attacks on Iran ‘will get much worse’
The US military says it has struck at 170 targets in Iran over the last 48 hours













