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A week of attacks on Iran and the killing of its supreme leader and senior commanders have plunged Iran into crisis - who's in charge now and who could take his place?

For years, geopolitical analysts warned us that among the scariest of all scenarios for the world economy was the closure of the Strait of Hormuz.

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Ukraine has raised the prospect of postponing future peace talks aimed at ending its four-year-old war with Russia, because of the Iran conflict.

The foreign minister of Cyprus told Sky News that British bases are the target of military action, not his country, as he expressed his "dissatisfaction" with the UK's response to the Iran war.

The news spread like wildfire and within minutes, the streets of Beirut were gripped with panic.

Satellite images have revealed the scale of damage at Iranian military sites following US and Israeli strikes, but civilian infrastructure has also been hit, including schools and hospitals.

Pakistani and Afghan troops have been exchanging fire along their border in their conflict, which the United Nations estimates has displaced more than 100,000 people.

Twice, the air raid sirens sounded around RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus on Thursday afternoon. We were rushed inside as soldiers lay on the floor in body armour. It was over quickly.