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The U.S. launches fresh strikes on Iran to keep the Strait of Hormuz open to shipping, triggering Iranian attacks on Kuwait and Bahrain in the latest escalation to derail efforts to end the war.

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00:00The US launches fresh strikes on Iran to keep the Strait of Hormuz open to shipping, triggering
00:05Iranian attacks on Kuwait and Bahrain in the latest escalation to derail efforts to end the war.
00:10The US says their latest round of attacks are in response to Tuesday's assault on three cargo
00:14ships passing the Strait. This comes hours after US President Donald Trump said he believed an
00:20interim ceasefire with Iran would be over. The US strikes rattle several cities along
00:24Iran's southern coast and leave some areas without power. Iran responds with the second
00:29day of attacks on Kuwait and Bahrain, both home to US military bases.
00:33Kuwait's defense ministry says it was intercepting missiles and drones,
00:37but Qatar briefly issued an elevated security threat alert before later giving the all clear.
00:42Iran's top negotiator, Mohammad Bakir Khalibaf says the US has yet to learn that bullying
00:47and breaking its commitments no longer come without a cost. Let me be clear,
00:50if you strike, you will be struck back.

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