US targets Kharg Island and Iran threatens US-linked oil facilities | BBC News

US President Donald Trump has called on the UK and other nations to join the US in sending ships to help secure the Strait of Hormuz.

Meanwhile, strikes have continued across the Middle East, with sirens sounding in Jerusalem after the Israeli military said it had detected new attacks from Iran.

Earlier, Trump said military targets on Iran's key oil island Kharg have been "totally obliterated".

In response, Tehran said oil and energy infrastructure from firms that work with the US could be "turned into a pile of ashes".

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