Middle East crisis live: Kuwait reports missile and drone attack as Trump claims war will ‘all work out well’

Kuwaiti state media report sirens sounding across the country as US president hits out a ‘chirping’ critics and says they should ‘sit back and relax’ European leaders condemn Israel’s deepening incursion into Lebanon The exchange of strikes between the US and Iran reflects the fragility of the current ceasefire, which has seen repeated violations even as American and Iranian officials try to negotiate a deal to extend it. Iran has maintained its chokehold on the strait of Hormuz, disrupting global energy supplies as a fifth of all oil and natural gas traded once passed through the narrow mouth of the Persian Gulf. The US continues to enforce its own blockade on the strait, as it pressures Tehran to reach an agreement. Continue reading...