Tensions flare as US-Iran clash widens from Hormuz to Lebanon

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Tensions flare as US-Iran clash widens from Hormuz to Lebanon
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Live updates show escalating tensions in the Middle East as the US and Iran exchange strikes after a drone attack on shipping in the Strait of Hormuz; President Trump warns the US may be forced to 'complete the job' and Iran retaliates with drone and missile attacks on US sites in Kuwait and Bahrain. In the wider fallout, Israel conducts strikes in southern Lebanon amid a US-brokered deal to disarm Hezbollah, while Jordan and the UAE condemn Iran's attacks and Iran's foreign minister calls for a Gulf security framework, warning that challenges to Hormuz will heighten tensions.

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