Middle East crisis live: US strikes Iran for third consecutive night; UAE says Tehran has hit tankers in strait of Hormuz

Just before the latest strikes Trump said Iran would be hit ‘very hard’; UAE says Iranian cruise missiles hit two oil tankers in strait, killing a crew member and wounding eight US launches third night of strikes on Iran as Trump announces Hormuz blockade US Central Command said a little over an hour ago that it had finished the military’s latest wave of strikes against Iran. It said in a statement posted on X: During the five-hour mission, U.S. forces successfully struck military targets…