Thomas Copeland BBC Verify Live journalist. We’ve spent today working to separate the real from the fictitious as pictures and video flood social media following three days of s ...

Three American service members have been killed and casualties are reported in the UAE, Israel and Kuwait as Israel and Iran continue to trade strikes.

Israel says its attacks were in response to strikes from Hezbollah. In Kuwait, the local military says "several" US warplanes crashed with the crew "unharmed".

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A Iranian official warns Iran will "set fire to anyone who tries to pass through" the Strait of Hormuz - a crucial transit route for oil and gas.