Middle East crisis live: Tehran warns Trump over strait of Hormuz threat; Netanyahu suggests Israel helped US rescue airman

Iran’s parliamentary speaker decries US president’s ‘reckless moves’ after expletive-ridden threat; Israeli PM says Trump ‘expressed his appreciation for Israel’s help’

Japan’s prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, said on Monday her government was preparing to hold talks with Iran against the backdrop of the global energy crisis.

“We are preparing dialogues at the leadership level at an appropriate time,” she told a parliamentary committee.” She did not say with whom in Iran she planned to hold talks.

If attacks on civilian targets are repeated, the next stages of our offensive and retaliatory operations will be much more devastating and widespread.

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