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A look at the US Corsair sea drone used in a first of its kind mission to rescue two helicopter crew shot down near the Strait of Hormuz. 

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says he is "very worried" about fresh US strikes on Iran and has highlighted the difficulties for global markets responding to US President Donald Trump's repeated peace deal announcements.

Donald Trump has threatened to strike Iran's power plants and bridges, saying they 'have to pay the price' for taking too long to negotiate. 

US President Donald Trump accuses Iran of shooting down a US Apache helicopter that was patrolling the Strait of Hormuz, vowing to retaliate.

For the first time, Israel's military has warned the entire city of Tyre to evacuate, causing thousands of people to flee.

Iran's football federation says the 8 per cent quota of tickets allocated to Iran for the FIFA World Cup has been revoked, meaning "there is no possibility to distribute tickets to fans".

Donald Trump confirms reports of a US Apache helicopter crash near the Strait of Hormuz.

The US president is in deepening trouble and he does not seem to know how to get himself out of it. 

Amid new strikes, the future of the Strait of Hormuz has again been plunged into uncertainty, but ships are finding a way through.

Israel and Iran have agreed to hold off attacks but Iran says it will not "retreat from any threat" and Israel warns it too it will "respond with full force" if attacks resume.

Israel has launched strikes across Iran, despite a warning from US President, Donald Trump that Israel should not retaliate against an Iranian attack. 

Iranians at a rally in support of the country's regime cheer as missiles fly in the night sky towards Israel.

The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has released vision of missiles being launched towards Israel.

The two countries traded large-scale missile attacks in the most direct fighting between the two warring powers since the implementation of April's ceasefire.

This was day 100 of this war, and it's left us with a tinderbox which could be about to explode, writes our correspondent Matthew Doran.

The Israeli military has fired back at Iran, with state media reporting explosions in three cities after an Iranian strike on northern Israel this morning.

The US military says it has shot down four drones Iran has launched toward the Strait of Hormuz and struck some of Tehran's coastal surveillance radar sites in response.

A committed advocate to furthering free speech and women's rights in her birth country, Satrapi lost her husband, Swedish actor Mattias Ripa, in April last year, and "died of sadness", according to French media.

Iran has made a ceasefire in Lebanon a condition for any peace deal with Washington, and has suggested in recent days that it could intervene directly if Israel keeps up attacks there.

A report about the resignation of Iran's president earlier this week came at a turbulent moment for Iran's regime, which is grappling with frictions between moderates and hardliners as the war drags on.