US president says Israel will not launch another attack on the giant gasfield shared by Iran and Qatar, but promises to destroy it if Tehran retaliatesIsrael strikes Iranâs South Pars gasfield hours after forces kill intelligence minister Fighting intensifies between Israel and Hezbollah in southern LebanonWelcome to our continuing live coverage of the US-Israel war on Iran and the broader crisis in the region, and global economy.Donald Trump has threatened to âmassively blow upâ the entire South Pars gas field if Iran carries out any more retaliatory attacks on Qatarâs LNG gas facilities.The Pentagon âhas asked the White House to approve a more than $200bn request to Congress to fund the war in Iran, according to a senior administration officialâ, the Washington Post reports.The oil price climbed towards $110 a barrel on Wednesday as the mounting threat to the Gulfâs oil and gas infrastructure fuelled concerns of more disruption to global supplies, amid the continuing blockade of the strait of Hormuz.QatarEnergy said âsizeable firesâ caused extensive damage at its LNG facilities after Iranian missile attacks in the early hours of Thursday.An attack set a ship ablaze early on Thursday off the UAE coast, authorities said. The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations centre said âa vessel has been hit by an unknown projectile, which has resulted in a fire onboardâ.French president Emmanuel Macron called for an immediate moratorium on striking civilian infrastructure, and said civilian populations and their needs must be âprotected from military escalationâ.Three Palestinian women were killed in an Iranian missile attack in the occupied West Bank late on Wednesday, the Palestinian Red Crescent said, in the first deadly Iranian strike there.A man was killed in central Israel in the latest round of Iranian missile fire, medics say. It brings the death roll in Israel from the war to 15.Republicans in the US Senate blocked a measure that aimed to reign in Donald Trumpâs power to wage war against Iran without congressional authorisation, winning a 53-47 vote. Continue reading...