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The UK and its NATO allies have agreed to increase spending on defence and related areas to 5% of GDP by 2035, two diplomatic sources with knowledge of the deal have told Sky News.

Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds tells Sky News it would be "naive" to think the threat will not escalate as Tehran could seek to retaliate against the US, Israel and their allies.

Iran has been a vital ally to Moscow in recent years, selling it weapons for its war in Ukraine, and the two nations signed a strategic partnership deal in January. But the response to the US strikes so far from Moscow feels more show than substance.

The US defence secretary says an initial assessment suggests "all of our precision munitions struck where we wanted them to strike and had the desired effect" after American forces launched Operation Midnight Hammer, involving seven B-2 stealth jets ...

There are at least 2,500 American personnel stationed in Iraq, and the US has major interests here, as it does across the Middle East and Gulf states.

This morning, the internet blackout temporarily lifted in Iran and the woman received the message "Fordow Hit". It was an instant signal the US had got involved in this war.

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has spent his life trying to roll back American power and influence in the Middle East. He is unlikely to negotiate with Washington now.

Russia, China, Iran, and North Korea are regarded by Western allies as a new axis of authoritarian powers, increasingly aligned and supportive of each other.

All three were killed when Hamas militants stormed across the border into Israel on 7 October 2023, an act which ignited the ongoing war.

US strikes could have halted Iran's ability to enrich the uranium needed to make a viable nuclear weapon. But that's not the same as preventing its ability to make a nuclear bomb.