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Kuwait says ‘several’ US warplanes have crashed in the country, with all the crew surviving
Several American warplanes crashed in Kuwait this morning, the country’s defence ministry said.
All the pilots bailed out safely and are been checked up on at a hospital, according to the ministry. They are all in a stable condition.
It is not immediately clear what caused the US warplanes to crash but the incident came during an intense period of Iranian fire targeting the country.
The defence ministry said it is continuing investigations into the “causes of the incident”.
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Iran’s nuclear programme has been among the reasons Israel and the US have given for the attacks, alleging Iran was getting too close to being able to eventually make an atom bomb.
Iran has a stockpile of uranium enriched to 60%, close to weapons grade, but has expressed willingness to down-blend the purity to 20% or below.
Iran says it is not pursuing weapons and that its programme is intended for peaceful, civilian purposes.
“An Iranian regime armed with long-range missiles and nuclear weapons would be a dire threat to every American,” Donald Trump said as he tried to justify his attacks, despite the fact that there is no credible evidence Iran was trying to build a nuclear weapon.
“We cannot allow a nation that raises terrorist armies to possess such weapons that would allow them to extort the world to their evil will. Not going to happen,” the US president said.
Iran’s Natanz nuclear facility was hit during US-Israeli attacks against the country, Iran’s ambassador to the UN nuclear watchdog said earlier today, according to the Reuters news agency.
“Again they attacked Iran’s peaceful, safeguarded nuclear facilities yesterday,” Reza Najafi told reporters at a meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency’s board of governors.
As my colleague Patrick Wintour noted in the previous post, the nuclear watchdog said there were no signs that any of Iran’s nuclear facilities had sustained damaged or hit.
The Natanz nuclear facility was among the sites attacked in the US and Israeli airstrikes against Iran in June 2025.
Mass evacuation of cities across Middle East may be necessary if nuclear power stations attacked, UN nuclear chief says
Patrick Wintour
The mass evacuation of cities across the Middle East may be necessary if civil nuclear power stations are attacked leading to radiological release, Rafael Grossi, the director general of the IAEA UN nuclear inspectorate, warned on Monday at the opening of the quarterly board meeting of the IAEA.
He admitted “a strong sense of frustration” that an agreement between the US and Iran over Iran’s nuclear program had eluded the parties in their recent negotiations. Grossi had attended the talks providing technical assistance.
Opening the board meeting, he said diplomacy “is hard and never impossible. The use of force has been present in international relations since times in memorial. This s a reality, but it is always the least preferred option.”
“I remain convinced that the lasting solution to this long existing discord lies on the diplomatiic table when it comes to nuclear matters, a crystal clear understanding of the scope and verifiability of an agreement is of the essence.
“Diplomacy is hard, but it is never impossible. Nuclear diplomacy is even more difficult, but it’s never impossible. It is not a matter of if, but of when we will again gather at the diplomatic table. We simply must do so as quickly as possible.”
Turning the impact of the current fighting across the Middle East he said: “We cannot rule out a possible radiological release with serious consequences, including the necessity to evacuate areas as large or larger than major cities.”
“Let me underline that the situation today is very concerning. Iran and many other countries in the region that have been subject to military attacks have operational nuclear power plants and nuclear research reactors, as well as associated fuel storage sites, increasing the threat to nuclear safety.
He added: “The United Arab Emirates has four operating nuclear reactors. Jordan and Syria have operational nuclear research reactors. Bahrain, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia have also been attacked. These countries all use nuclear applications of some sort or the other. We therefore urge utmost restraint in all military operations.”
Discussing Iran’s remaining nuclear installations, he said: “We have no indication that any of the nuclear installations, including the Bushehr nuclear power plant, the Tehran research reactor, or other nuclear fuel cycle facilities have been damaged or hit. Efforts to contact the Iranian nuclear regulatory authorities continue with no response so far.”
Experts have said the attacks by Israel and the US on Iran are illegal, as they were in violation of the ban on the use of force under the UN charter and international law.
Here is an extract from an opinion piece by Kenneth Roth, a Guardian US columnist and former executive director of Human Rights Watch who believes the attacks on Iran were an illegal act of aggression.
We shouldn’t beat around the bush: Donald Trump’s and Benjamin Netanyahu’s military attack on Iran is an illegal act of aggression. There is no lawful justification for it. It is no different from Russian president Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine or Rwandan president Paul Kagame’s invasion of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
The United Nations charter allows the use of military force in only two circumstances – with authorization of the UN security council, or as self-defense from an actual or imminent armed attack. Neither was present.
In his video justification for the war, Trump spoke of Iran’s “imminent threat”, but there is no evidence to support it. He recited a litany of past attacks that he attributed to Iran, but none of them is ongoing or imminent. At best Trump sought to prevent future harm – Netanyahu used the term “pre-emptive” – but prevention is no justification for war because it would open Pandora’s box to countless armed conflicts.
In a brief update to X, the IDF said it “struck” a “senior terrorist” from Hezbollah in Beirut a “short time” ago and will be providing more details in due course.
IDF says ‘all options on table’ in response to question about possible ground invasion of Lebanon
An Israeli military spokesperson has been briefing reporters in Israel. When asked if the IDF is preparing for a possible ground invasion of Lebanon, the spokesperson was quoted as having said that “all options are on the table”.
He said Hezbollah “made a very bad mistake” by choosing to strike Israel overnight.
“The IDF will react very swiftly and they will pay a heavy price,” the spokesperson told reporters. “Hezbollah opened fire at us last night. It knew exactly what it was doing.”
At least 555 people have been killed in Iran by US-Israeli attacks, Iranian Red Crescent Society says
The Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS) has said in a Telegram post that 555 people have been killed in Iran by Israel-US attacks across 131 cities.
Over 100,000 rescuers are on “full alert” across the country, the IRCS said, adding that a “network of approximately 4 million volunteers is on standby” to provide “humanitarian services” and “psychosocial support” to those affected.
We have not been able to independently verify these figures yet.
Saudi oil refinery reportedly halts operations after drone attack
Saudi Arabia’s Ras Tanura oil refinery came under attack on Monday from drones, the country’s defence ministry said. Authorities downed the incoming aircraft and there were no reported injuries.
The announcement follows an earlier report in Bloomberg saying that Saudi Arabia’s state oil company Aramco had paused operations at the Ras Tanura refinery after a drone strike in the area.
The Ras Tanura complex houses one of the Middle East’s largest refineries with a capacity of 550,000 barrels per day.
Its shutting will likely add to supply anxieties as shipping through the strait of Hormuz, through which 13-15 million barrels, or 20% of global supply, of oil flows – grinds to a near-halt after vessels were attacked around it yesterday.
Iranian missiles or drones have hit airports, luxury hotels and other civilian targets across the Gulf, with strikes reported in Bahrain, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the UAE, sparking outrage among Gulf governments.
Amy Hawkins
Amy Hawkins is the Guardian’s senior China correspondent
China’s foreign ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said on Monday that a Chinese citizen had been killed in Tehran.
Beijing has urged Chinese citizens in Iran to leave “as soon as possible” via land routes to Azerbaijan, Armenia, Turkey and Iraq. China’s embassy in Israel also advised nationals to evacuate to safe areas or leave the country.
China’s foreign minister Wang Yi has condmenned the US-Israel strikes on Iran, calling them “unacceptable” and called for a ceasefire. China is the biggest buyer of Iranian oil.
You can watch a video of Israel’s air attacks on the southern suburbs of Beirut in the early hours of Monday morning here:
Here are some of the latest images coming in from Lebanon, where the country’s health ministry is saying Israeli strikes in Beirut and on the south of the country have killed at least 31 people and injured 149.
The deadly Israeli attacks came after Hezbollah, the Lebanese Shia militia group, launched missiles and drones towards Israel in retaliation for the killing of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei on Saturday.
A man takes pictures of the damage in an apartment building after it was hit by an Israeli airstrike in Dahieh, Beirut’s southern suburb, on 2 March 2026. Photograph: Hussein Malla/AP
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