US escalates airstrikes on Iran as regional tensions flare

The US launches a new round of airstrikes on Iran in retaliation for the deaths of two US troops, while Iran and allied forces widen attacks across the region, including a second strike on Kuwait’s power/water plant and missiles toward Jordan. Iran says the US attacked the under-construction Darkhovin nuclear plant, prompt­ing the IAEA to say there is no nuclear material and call for restraint around nuclear sites. The crisis spills into Jordan with sirens and possible spillover into Israel, and regional diplomacy moves forward with Lebanon’s president visiting Washington to discuss Hezbollah disarmament amid broader sanctions talks.