Middle East crisis live: oil spill warning after tanker attacked in Dubai; explosions in Tehran and Jerusalem amid wave of attacks

Kuwait says fire broke out after Iranian attack on giant tanker and warns of possible oil spill in surrounding waters Trump threatens to ‘obliterate’ Iran’s energy grid if ceasefire not reached ‘shortly’ The Israeli military said on Tuesday four soldiers had been killed in combat in southern Lebanon, where its forces are clashing in Iran-backed Hezbollah.…

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• Kuwait says fire broke out after Iranian attack on giant tanker and warns of possible oil spill in surrounding waters Trump threatens to ‘obliterate’ Iran’s energy grid if ceasefire not reached…
• A military statement named three soldiers from the same battalion who “fell during combat” and a separate statement said another soldier – who had not yet been publicly named – had died in the same…
• Blasts were heard in Tehran and power cuts hit some areas of the capital, Iranian media reported on Tuesday.
• Israel earlier carried out missile strikes on what it called military infrastructure in Tehran and infrastructure used by Iran-backed Hezbollah in Beirut, leaving black smoke hanging over the…

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• Kuwait says fire broke out after Iranian attack on giant tanker and warns of possible oil spill in surrounding waters Trump threatens to ‘obliterate’ Iran’s energy grid if ceasefire not reached…
• A military statement named three soldiers from the same battalion who “fell during combat” and a separate statement said another soldier – who had not yet been publicly named – had died in the same…
• Blasts were heard in Tehran and power cuts hit some areas of the capital, Iranian media reported on Tuesday.

Why it matters

Why readers and decision-makers should care:

• A military statement named three soldiers from the same battalion who “fell during combat” and a separate statement said another soldier – who had not yet been publicly named – had died in the same…
• Blasts were heard in Tehran and power cuts hit some areas of the capital, Iranian media reported on Tuesday.
• Israel earlier carried out missile strikes on what it called military infrastructure in Tehran and infrastructure used by Iran-backed Hezbollah in Beirut, leaving black smoke hanging over the…