First Thing: Second day of US strikes on Iran as Trump says Tehran ‘behaving very badly’
The US military has conducted strikes on Iran for a second consecutive day following an escalation in the Strait of Hormuz. President Trump declared the interim ceasefire over, while global oil prices surged in response to the conflict.
Why it matters
Renewed hostilities between the US and Iran threaten regional stability and have immediate, significant impacts on global energy markets and economic growth forecasts.
Mourners pose for photos under a banner in Mashhad, Iran, where the supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed in US-Israeli airstrikes, is to be buried. Mourners pose for photos under a banner in Mashhad, Iran, where the supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed in US-Israeli airstrikes, is to be buried. First Thing newsletter US news First Thing: Second day of US strikes on Iran as Trump says Tehran ‘behaving very badly’ Explosions reported in southern Iran in most extensive exchange of fire since interim ceasefire. Plus the complicated legacy of beat poet Allen Ginsberg
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