US-Israel-Iran War News LIVE Updates: UAE Lifts Airspace Closure, Israel Launches Renewed Attack on Tehran and Beirut

The speaker of Iran’s parliament told Iranian state television that the Strait of Hormuz cannot be “as it was before” as Iranian fire keeps nearly all traffic out of the strategic waterway.

Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf made the comment in an interview aired Tuesday as Iranian fire continues to target shipping in the region.

“They are flying, launching missiles, should we just sit back and do nothing in response, or not? Naturally, it is our undeniable right. We must do this,” Qalibaf said.

“Certainly, from now on, with the interventions that have taken place, the strait can no longer be, from a legal standpoint and in terms of transit, as it was before,” Qalibaf said. “It no longer has the necessary security. It does not have the necessary security.”

The strait typically sees 20% of all oil and natural gas traded pass through it.

Australian and New Zealand government ministers agree the Middle East war should end as quickly as possible.

Tuesday's annual meeting between the foreign and defence ministers of Australia and New Zealand took place in Canberra, Australia's capital.

“We discussed the escalating situation in the Middle East. We want this crisis to end as quickly possible and move to a negotiated solution,” New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters told reporters at a joint press conference after the meeting.

In Iran’s capital, Tehran, residents reported hearing airstrikes in the night even as heavy rain and a thunderstorm swept across the area.

A Pakistani man was killed Tuesday morning in a missile attack on the United Arab Emirates capital Abu Dhabi, authorities say.

The Abu Dhabi Media Office says the man was killed when shrapnel fell in the Bani Yas area while air defenses were intercepting a ballistic missile.

The death toll in the UAE since the start of the war is now at eight people including two soldiers, according to authorities.

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Prime Minister Keir Starmer said that he will not allow the UK to be drawn into a "wider war" in the Middle East, asserting that he is working with European allies to develop a "viable plan" to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.

Starmer asserted that he would not allow the UK to be drawn into a "wider war".

"I want to see an end to this war as quickly as possible. Because the longer it goes on, the more dangerous the situation becomes," he said.

"We are strong allies, have been for decades. But it is for me to act in what I consider to be in the best interest of Britain." In a statement last night, a spokesperson for the British prime minister said that Starmer and Trump "discussed the ongoing situation in the Middle East and the importance of reopening the Strait of Hormuz to end the disruption to global shipping, which is driving up costs worldwide."

Russia on Monday called on all parties involved in the West Asia conflict to immediately cease hostilities and refrain from attacks on civilian infrastructure.

In a statement posted on its web portal, the Russian Foreign Ministry said the loss of civilian lives and suffering in both the Gulf Arab states and Iran must stop.

Moscow also offered its “existing capabilities to facilitate a long-term and sustainable resolution to the conflict”.

"With their treacherous, unprovoked attack on Iran, the United States and Israel have unleashed an unprecedented cycle of violence in the Middle East, with no end in sight,” the ministry said.

"We renew our urgent call on all parties to immediately cease hostilities and shift the situation to a political and diplomatic framework. Above all, we call on all parties to refrain from attacks on civilian objects and infrastructure and to stop the loss of life and suffering among civilians, both in the Gulf Arab states and in Iran," the statement said.

AP reported that explosions were heard in Qatar as air defenses near Doha worked to intercept incoming Iranian fire on Tuesday morning.

Qatar’s Defense Ministry said it intercepted a missile attack on the country a short time later.

Dubai residents reported missile alerts around the same time.

Minutes after raising the alarm about the second Iranian missile launch since midnight on Monday into Tuesday, Israel's military announced it has started a "wide scale wave of strikes" throughout Tehran.

The Israeli military also said that it was striking Hezbollah's facilities in Beirut during the night.

A tanker anchored off the UAE’s eastern coast was hit by a projectile early Tuesday morning as the nation came under several waves of Iranian attacks.

The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations centre, run by the British military, reported the attack, saying the vessel was in the Gulf of Oman off Fujairah.

It said the tanker sustained “minor structural damage” and no one was hurt.

Since the Iran war started, some 20 vessels in the region have come under attack as Iranian fire effectively halts traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow mouth of the Persian Gulf through which 20% of all oil and natural gas traded passes.

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