The US and Israel’s war with Iran widened well beyond the Middle East on Wednesday, as Nato shot down a ballistic missile headed for Turkey and the US sank an Iranian frigate off Sri Lanka, killing dozens of sailors.
As Britain prepared to send a warship to defend Cyprus, and formulated plans to repatriate thousands of British nationals stranded in the region, Iran rained missiles and drones on its neighbours, and Washington prepared to expand its strikes – boasting that it had effectively sunk the Iranian navy.
