Three experts give their BBC their thoughts on whether an imminent end to the conflict is likely.

Diesel hit a new record price in the U.S. on Friday, soaring to an average of $5.85 a gallon for the first time ever as the six-month war with Iran disrupts the world’s flow of fuel. Because diesel is used for many freight and delivery networks,

"The United States is increasingly overstretched between these two conflicts," a former U.S. intelligence official told Newsweek.

Vance is standing in after Karoline Leavitt left her role as White House press secretary at the end of August.

Six months after US-Israeli strikes disrupted Middle Eastern fossil fuel production and turned the Strait of Hormuz into a naval battleground, the world is getting a fuller picture of how the Iran war has reshaped the economics of energy.

Iran fired missiles and drones at Kuwait in retaliation for U.S. strikes on Iranian rocket launchers in the Strait of Hormuz earlier in the week.

The Iranian Red Crescent says the deaths happened when shrapnel from a US missile hit a home where a celebration was taking place in southern Iran.

The Kuwaiti military said its air defenses confronted “hostile” attacks by Iran while Tehran accused the U.S. of bombing a wedding and called for an investigation.