Kuwait’s military says its air defences working to intercept missiles – as it happened

Smoke billows from the B1 bridge on the Karaj northern bypass in western Tehran, Iran, after it was targeted in an airstrike. Photograph: OSINTdefender

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Summary

Here is a summary of the latest developments:

• The UN security council is expected to vote today on a Bahraini resolution to protect commercial shipping in and around the strait of Hormuz. Diplomats said Bahrain, which now chairs the 15-member Security Council, finalized a draft resolution seen by Reuters that would authorize “all defensive means necessary” to protect commercial shipping.

• Iran says it is drafting a peacetime protocol that will supervise – but not restrict – maritime traffic through the strait of Hormuz with Oman. Meanwhile, the strait is open for Russia, according to a Russian official quoted by that country’s state media.

• UN secretary-general António Guterres has issued a stark warning to the warring parties, calling for an immediate end to the “spiral of death and destruction” in the Middle East.

• US army chief of staff Randy George was asked to step down by defense secretary Pete Hegseth and take immediate retirement, CBS News reported. His removal adds to recent upheaval at all levels of leadership at the Pentagon.

• US forces have struck a bridge connecting Tehran and Karaj in Iran in an attack that Iranian media reported killed at least 8 people and injured about 100 others. The attack reportedly eliminated a planned military supply route for sustaining Iran’s ballistic missile and attack drone force.

• The US president, Donald Trump, shared footage on his Truth Social of the bridge strike near Tehran, warned there was “much more to follow” and urged Tehran to “make a deal before it is too late”.

• Yemen’s Houthis have said they have carried out another military operation using a barrage of ballistic missiles targeting “vital Israeli enemy targets”, this time as part of a joint operation with Iran and Hezbollah.

• US oil prices settled more than 11% higher and Brent soared nearly 8% on Thursday in volatile trading, as traders worried about prolonged disruptions to oil supply the day after President Donald Trump said the US would continue attacks on Iran.