FTSE 100 Live: Stocks to slip; US hits back at ‘surprise’ Iran attacks to end pause in conflict

Welcome back to the City AM FTSE 100 liveblog. It’s Wednesday and the UK’s blue-chip index is set to fall after the US retaliated against ‘surprise’ Iran strikes overnight. The US launched joint strikes with Saudi Arabia against Tehran-backed militias in Iraq after Washington claimed its forces in the Middle East were targeted by “an attempted surprise…