The US and Iran again traded strikes in exchanges that continued into Thursday, as observers reported a “dramatic” drop in the number of ships travelling through the Strait of Hormuz.

The US says it hit 90 military targets, some near the Strait. Iran says 14 people have been killed in the past two days.

State media also reported that targets near the Bushehr nuclear power plant were hit, citing the deputy governor of the province. The US has not commented on the latest strikes.

Iran said it targeted US assets in Kuwait, Bahrain and Qatar in response. Later on Thursday, Tehran launched more strikes on sites in Kuwait, Jordan and Iraq, state-linked media reported.

Separately, huge crowds gathered as Iran’s late supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was buried after six days of funeral events.

The “body of the martyred leader of the Islamic Revolution was buried in the memorial hall of the shrine of Imam Reza,” state broadcaster IRIB reported, according to AFP.

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Iran has begun several days of public mourning and funeral processions for its former Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

It has been four months since Khamenei was killed in air strikes launched by the US and Israel.

The former Ayatollah’s body is currently lying in state at Tehran’s Grand Mosalla, ahead of his burial in his hometown of Mashhad next Thursday.

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At least 12 people have died in a wildfire in southern Spain, with early indications suggesting four of the victims are British, according to a local official.

Hundreds of emergency responders are working to contain the blaze around Los Gallardos, Almería, which appears to have been caused by a downed power line.

The bodies of the victims were found near the small village of Bédar, just outside Los Gallardos, while 23 others are still missing and hundreds of residents have been evacuated.

Regional president Juanma Moreno calls the impact of the fire “devastating” and warns the death toll could rise significantly.

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As Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky attends the Nato summit in Turkey, Russia’s war effort appears to be under increasing pressure. Ukraine’s drone and missile strikes have reached deep into Russian territory, targeting oil refineries around Moscow and St Petersburg, and leading to widespread fuel shortages and rationing.

But will this push Vladimir Putin to the negotiating table for peace talks, as Kyiv hopes? Or will the Russian leader maintain, or even expand, his war aims?

At the Nato summit, President Donald Trump told Mr Zelensky that he would give Ukraine permission to build its own Patriot missile systems. But he has also been speaking to Mr Putin, as Kyiv and the Kremlin compete for Mr Trump’s attention.

We speak to the BBC’s diplomatic correspondent James Landale, in Washington.

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00:00 Introduction
00:21 Who is winning the war in Ukraine?
01:47 Russia’s fuel shortage
03:28 Could Putin attack another European country?
05:35 Putin and Trump
06:46 Is Putin losing support in Russia?
08:06 Ukraine presses its advantage

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US President Donald Trump said he thinks the US-Iran ceasefire is “over” after both countries exchanged attacks. Trump – who is …

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