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Vows by Iran to punish the US and Israel for killing its supreme leader and starting a war have yet to translate into decisive military action despite the first American casualties.

Global oil prices have risen sharply after Iran's response to the bid for regime change by the US and Israel disrupted shipping, raising the prospect of a new energy-led surge in inflation.

Sky's Data and Forensics team has been monitoring shipping through the Strait of Hormuz - a strategically vital waterway for Iran and other oil producers in the Middle East. 

A formal declaration of war has not been made but it looks and sounds like war in central Tehran.

The Foreign Office has mounted an unprecedented operation to support British citizens in the Middle East, as airstrikes throw travel in the region into chaos.

This regional war has become personal for people in the UAE. 

It is an image that will haunt very many people across Israel. A corner of Beit Shemesh, flattened by an Iranian missile; a synagogue destroyed; people killed while they sought refuge in a bomb shelter.

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was only the second leader of Iran's Islamic Republic, established in April 1979.

Iran has been hit by a series of US and Israeli airstrikes over the weekend as the two countries' leaders called for the Iranian people to overthrow the regime.

The UK's terror threat level is "absolutely" under review following US and Israel strikes on Iran, the defence secretary told Sky News.