Middle East crisis live: US launches fresh strikes on Iran after days-long pause in attacks

US announces attacks early on Thursday, as experts say strikes carried out by both sides in previous day increase risk of return to all-out war US-Saudi strikes in Iraq push region into ‘uncharted territory’, analysts warnThree explosions have been heard on Iran’s Qeshm island, Iran’s semi-official Tasnim news agency is saying.Before Wednesday’s flare-up of hostilities, mediators had expressed optimism about bringing the US and Iran back to the negotiating table following the collapse of an interim agreement amid renewed fighting...