00:00The United States has launched a fresh wave of strikes against Iranian targets
00:05after Tehran fired ballistic missiles at a U.S. military base in Jordan.
00:10The missiles were intercepted by Jordanian air defences.
00:14In response, U.S. Central Command said American forces targeted dozens of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps,
00:21or IRGC, sites in a two-hour operation aimed at weakening Iran's ability to threaten U.S. forces,
00:28regional airlines, and commercial shipping.
00:32Iranian state media said the latest American strikes had killed three people,
00:37including a two-year-old child on Khachem Island,
00:39while other locations were also hit in the south and west of the country.
00:43The conflict is also spreading to Egypt,
00:46where two LNG vessels were hit by projectiles off the Mediterranean coast,
00:51although no group has claimed responsibility.
01:10The U.S. and Iran had paused an exchange of strikes at the end of last week to give a
01:14chance to diplomacy and bring an end to the war.
01:17That lull ended Tuesday night when Tehran carried out a surprise assault,
01:22firing multiple ballistic missiles at an American military base in Jordan.
01:26The attack sent oil prices soaring.
01:29The latest escalation has also drawn in Saudi Arabia,
01:32which joined the U.S. in airstrikes against Iran-backed militia sites across Iraq,
01:37the first time Riyadh has publicly taken direct military action in the wider conflict.
01:42the U.S. in airstrikes against Iran-backed militia sites across Iraq,
01:42the U.S. in airstrikes against Iran-backed militia sites across Iraq,
01:42the U.S. in airstrikes against Iran-backed militia sites across Iraq,
01:42the U.S. in airstrikes against Iran-backed militia sites across Iraq,
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