US and Iran exchange fire for second day: What do we know so far?

The US says it hit 90 targets, externally, in a second day of strikes on Iran after Donald Trump earlier threatened to "hit them hard"

Several Gulf nations have since reported apparent Iranian attacks - this included explosions in Bahrain's capital Manama, Kuwait intercepting missiles and drones, and Qatar issuing a security alert.

Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, Iran's chief negotiator with the US, said America "still hasn't learned that bullying and breaking promises are no longer cost-free"

Iranian media reported that explosions were heard in areas along the country's southern coast and that strikes have hit Iranian-controlled islands in the Gulf.

It follows US strikes on Tuesday, which US Central Command said were in response to attacks on three commercial vessels transiting the strait.

Iran said it responded with retaliatory attacks on US military sites in Bahrain and Kuwait in the early hours of Wednesday.

The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has confirmed that it launched retaliatory strikes on US military bases in Kuwait and Bahrain overnight.

It called the attacks the "first phase of the punitive response against the American treaty-breakers" and warned the US that it would expand strikes to other bases in the region if "aggression" continued.

The US and Iran have exchanged another round of strikes - what do we know so far?

The US and Iran have exchanged another round of strikes overnight - if you are just joining our live coverage, here's what you need to know:

• The US launched fresh airstrikes on Iran overnight, which Donald Trump said was "in retribution for yesterday's bombing of ships by Iran"
• US Central Command (Centcom) said it had hit approximately 90 Iranian targets in the latest round of strikes, which it said were designed to "further degrade Iran's ability to attack commercial shipping and innocent civilian mariners in the Strait of Hormuz"
• Hours after strikes were reported, the US president told journalists aboard Air Force One that Iranian officials had called "just a little while ago" and wanted to make a deal "so badly" - but he was not sure whether they were "worthy" of a deal
• Several Gulf nations have since reported attacks - this included explosions in Bahrain's capital Manama, Kuwait intercepting missiles and drones, and Qatar issuing a security alert

• Iran's parliamentary speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, who is also the country's chief negotiator with the US, said on X that America "still hasn't learned that bullying and breaking promises are no longer cost-free"

• The latest round of strikes come after the US said it had struck "over 80 targets" in strikes aimed at Iran on Tuesday in response to attacks on commercial ships in the Strait of Hormuz

• During an appearance at a Nato summit in Ankara, Trump was asked about the state of the ceasefire and said: "To me, I think it's over." He described the Iranians as "scum" and "sick people"

• Iran's foreign minister responded, saying: "We do not answer vulgarity with vulgarity, but with action: fearlessly and with great valour"