00:00U.S. forces destroyed five Iranian oil tankers on Tuesday after Iran's Revolutionary Guards targeted a U.S. Navy warship
00:07with ballistic missiles.
00:09U.S. Central Command said the warship successfully evaded the attacks and no American personnel were harmed.
00:14The crews of the five vessels were ordered to abandon ship before the strikes.
00:19Iran then launched missiles towards U.S. targets in Jordan, according to Iranian state media.
00:26Jordan's military said it intercepted 18 ballistic missiles while two others fell in unpopulated areas. No casualties were reported.
00:34The escalation followed Iran's capture of an unmanned U.S. underwater vessel near the entrance to Strait of Hormuz.
00:42Iranian state television broadcast images of what it said was the captured drone.
00:47Washington also imposed new sanctions on more than two dozen airlines and cargo providers linked to Iran's aviation sector.
00:54The latest exchanges have intensified the struggle for control of the Strait of Hormuz through which around one-fifth of
01:00the world's oil passed before the war.
01:02S reach out to Iran's
