President Donald Trump says the United States has carried out a “successful” attack on bombing of three nuclear sites in Iran and said they were “deleted”.
Israel says they were in “full coordination” with the United States when planning strikes. Iranian officials confirmed that the facilities had been struck, but denied that it had suffered a major blow.
The strikes mark a significant escalation in the ongoing war between Iran and Israel.
So, what is happening now? Here are the main questions that were answered by our world news correspondent Joe Hindwood.
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