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Middle East crisis live: Kuwait reports missile and drone attack; US says it struck Iran radar sites over weekend

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Kuwaiti state media report sirens sounding across the country, as officials say air defences active over the countryEuropean leaders condemn Israel’s deepening incursion into Lebanon In its Monday morning statement announcing the weekend strikes on Iran, US central command (Centcom) said that the action was in response to the “shootdown of a U.S. MQ-1 drone”. On Sunday, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said it had shot down an MQ-1 drone over its “territorial waters”.

Kuwaiti state media report sirens sounding across the country, as officials say air defences active over the country

In its Monday morning statement announcing the weekend strikes on Iran, US central command (Centcom) said that the action was in response to the “shootdown of a U.S. MQ-1 drone”.

On Sunday, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said it had shot down an MQ-1 drone over its “territorial waters”.

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