00:00One person has died and more than 60 others were injured after the U.S. said Iranian drones
00:06hit Kuwait's international airport. Iran's Revolutionary Guards say they launched attacks
00:11in retaliation for U.S. strikes, but denied targeting the airport. Yesterday, American
00:16forces struck and disabled a cargo ship, which they say was heading towards Iran, in violation
00:22of a U.S. blockade. Well, this latest escalation is once again testing a ceasefire that's just
00:28about holding. Caroline Hawley has more details.
00:33The U.S. administration says the war's over. It didn't feel like that at Kuwait International
00:38Airport. Destruction at a passenger terminal, one Indian national dead, and dozens of injuries.
00:46And flights had only just resumed from here this week. All of this collateral for the latest
00:52military tit-for-tat between the U.S. and Iran, one of the most serious flare-ups since April
00:57when a ceasefire was announced. The U.N. has expressed alarm, calling for restraint on
01:02all sides. Footage released by Iran's powerful Revolutionary Guards show missiles and drones
01:11being launched. The IRGC said it was firing at a U.S. air base in Kuwait, as well as a
01:17naval
01:17base in Bahrain, although the Americans say they weren't hit.
01:21The U.S. military put out its own images of what Iran says triggered the attack. They show
01:26the moment a hellfire missile hit the engine room of a ship, which it accused of heading
01:31for the Iranian coast, trying to break the American blockade. All of this as indirect
01:36talks to end the conflict's stall.
01:38I still think Trump and the Iranians, while not being able to quickly get to a deal, also
01:48don't want to snap back to a full-scale war. So we remain in the no-war, no-peace phase
01:57of
01:58this conflict.
02:00Donald Trump has now suggested he'd like to meet the new Supreme Leader, Mujtaba Khamenei,
02:05and is again talking up the prospects of an agreement.
02:09The negotiation itself has gone very well, actually. Very well.
02:13Mr President, it could happen. I mean, if it happens, and it might not happen, yeah, who
02:17knows. But if it happens, it could happen, like, over the weekend.
02:20But behind this picturesque scene filmed from Oman, tankers and container ships have now been
02:26trapped in the Strait of Hormuz for more than three months. And there's no indication from
02:31Iran of any breakthrough to end a stalemate taking a toll on economies around the world.
02:37Caroline Hawley, BBC News.
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