US launches new airstrikes on Iranian targets as hostilities flare

Move from Washington quashes hopes that exchange of fire last weekend might not presage ⁠wider renewal of hostilities Middle East crisis live – latest updates The US launched new airstrikes on Iranian targets on Tuesday, quashing hopes that an exchange of fire last ⁠weekend might not presage a ⁠wider renewal of hostilities. Oil prices had ​already risen after that first exchange of direct attacks since July and after reports of two tankers being hit leaving the strait of Hormuz, the global…