Wolves boss Rob Edwards might have been thinking his bottom-of-the-table Premier League side have a chance of ‘the great escape’ after they beat Liverpool on Tuesday.

So, seeing two of the three teams immediately above them, West Ham and Nottingham Forest, pick up points on Wednesday was a shame for Wolves, just when they had given themselves that little bit of hope.

Still, their recent results and performances have been much improved. Edwards has given Wolves fans something to smile about, and he will want to maintain that positivity here.

This is a big game for Liverpool boss Arne Slot, too.

The FA Cup could be important for him this season, so he cannot just focus on Tuesday’s last-16 trip to Galatasaray in the Champions League.

After three successive Premier League wins, Tuesday’s loss was another stumble for Slot’s side in the race for the top four.

They were fortunate Manchester United and Aston Villa lost as well, but Chelsea’s win at Villa meant the Reds are outside the top five now too.

With the heat that is around him, I don’t think Slot is in a position where he can afford to play a weakened side here – he has to go strong to try to avoid another shock result.

I still think we will see another surprise, though.

Wolves are going to throw everything at Liverpool. They are still going down, but can they make it to Wembley too?

Sutton’s prediction: 2-1

Steven’s prediction: A couple of weeks ago, I would have said it is obvious what is going to happen here. Now, it isn’t. 2-2 after extra time, Liverpool win on penalties

AI’s prediction: 1-3

For the first time in almost 200 years, giant tortoises are roaming the Galapagos island of Floreana again, thanks to one of the most ambitious ecosystem recovery initiatives undertaken on the archipelago.   

Intensive exploitation by whalers and other seafarers, as well as the introduction of invasive species, wiped out the Floreana giant tortoise in the mid-1800s. For more than a century, the lineage was presumed lost forever.

That was until 2000, when ecologists identified a hybrid tortoise with Floreana ancestry on neighbouring Isabela island. The discovery prompted a long-term selective breeding programme to maximise Floreana ancestry in the offspring. 

This week, that programme reached a milestone as 158 giant tortoises were reintroduced to Floreana, which has been cleared of invasive goats and rats. The tortoise’s reintroduction will be mutually beneficial for the species and the island. 

“Giant tortoises are a critical part of this [ecosystem],” said Rakan Zahawi, executive director of the Charles Darwin Foundation, which supported the release. “By dispersing seeds, shaping vegetation, creating microhabitats … and influencing how landscapes regenerate, they help rebuild ecological processes that many other species depend on.” 

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Work is taking place to improve signalling along the railway line

Major engineering work is set to disrupt some trains travelling through Cambridgeshire. Engineering works will be taking place along the East Coast Main Line on Sunday, March 15, which will affect some Great Northern and Thameslink lines through Peterborough and St Neots.

Work is taking place to improve signalling along the route. A Great Northern spokesperson said: “We’re working with colleagues and partners across the rail industry to modernise signalling on some of our Great Northern and Thameslink routes.

“This means that traditional lineside signals, many of which were installed in the 1970s, will be replaced by state-of-the-art digital signalling – creating a better performing East Coast Main Line for our customers and everyone else who uses it. There will be engineering works to allow this to be carried out.”

On Sunday, no trains will run between:

• Potters Bar and Letchworth Garden City
• Potters Bar and Peterborough until midday
• Potters Bar and St Neots from midday
• Hertford North and Stevenage

A limited bus replacement service will run between:

• Hitchin and Letchworth Garden City
• Bedford and Peterborough via St Neots until midday
• Bedford and St Neots from midday
• Hitchin and Peterborough via St Neots until midday
• Hitchin and St Neots from midday
• Stevenage and Luton Airport Parkway via Hitchin
• St Albans City and Stevenage via Hatfield
• Hertford North and Stevenage
• Potters Bar and Hitchin

An amended train service will run between:

• London King’s Cross / Moorgate and Potters Bar
• London King’s Cross / Moorgate and Hertford North
• Letchworth Garden City and Cambridge / Ely / King’s Lynn
• St Neots and Peterborough from midday
• Finsbury Park and Brighton

Tickets will be accepted on Thameslink trains between Bedford and London, as well as Greater Anglia trains between London Liverpool Street and Cambridge, Cambridge North, and Hertford East.

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor is set to keep the Freedom of the City of London honour, after a review concluded it could not be removed.

It is one of the few remaining honours bestowed upon the disgraced former prince, who has been stripped of his royal titles due to his friendship with convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein.

Mr Mountbatten-Windsor received the honour in 2012 by “virtue of patrimony” due to his father Prince Phillip being a Freeman.

The Freedom is typically awarded to individuals nominated by corporation councillors, and allows recipients to walk sheep over London Bridge.

The City of London Corporation, which bestows the honour, had considered the rules dictating “the circumstances in which, and procedure by which, it can be removed”.

However, a spokesperson for the authority confirmed to the Local Democracy Service that the historic honour cannot be taken back, after he inherited the status which constitutes a legal right.

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The corporation said: “Applications via patrimony are not considered by our elected members.

“We have carefully considered whether it is possible to remove a Freedom granted by patrimony and understand that we are not able to do so.”

The ancient but largely ceremonial honour is usually awarded to individuals for contributions to London or public life, with Sir Ian McKellen, Colin Firth and Dame Judi Dench among those to receive it.

Mr Mountbatten-Windsor was arrested in February on suspicion of misconduct in public office following allegations he shared sensitive information with Epstein during his time as trade envoy.

He spent around 11 hours in custody as searches were conducted at his home on the Sandringham Estate in Norfolk and at his former home, Royal Lodge in Windsor, Berkshire.

Ministers have agreed to release files related to his appointment to the trade envoy role, as the former prince was described as “a rude, arrogant and entitled man”.

However, MPs were told the government is unable to publish material that police need for their inquiries until officers are “satisfied”.

Prince William reportedly wanted his uncle to be axed from the line of royal succession in the autumn, alongside the stripping of his other titles.

The Prince of Wales is said to be frustrated that the process of his uncle’s removal from the line to the British throne, which the government is now weighing up, was not resolved at the time.

The former prince has always vehemently denied any wrongdoing.

The Food Standards Agency said major improvement was needed at the city centre store

A major Welsh Sainsbury’s has been given a damning food hygiene rating in its latest inspection.

The store, located at 129-139 Queen Street in Cardiff, received a zero with major improvement needed across the board.

The city centre store was inspected on December 8, 2025. Never miss a Cardiff story by signing up to our daily newsletter here.

On the Food Standards Agency website it states that “major improvement is necessary” in management of food safety, hygenic food handling, and cleanliness and condition of facilities and building.

According to aterate.com the latest inspection is the first time the store has slipped below a five with previous ratings in January 2024 and August 2016 giving it the highest score.

The FSA describes hygienic food handling as the preparation, cooking, re-heating, cooling and storage of food.

Cleanliness and condition refers to having the appropriate layout, ventilation, hand-washing facilities, and pest control to enable good food hygiene.

The management of food safety is described as being the system or checks which ensure food sold or served is safe to eat, evidence that staff know about food safety, and confidence that standards will be maintained in the future.

In response to the report Sainsbury’s said they had acted promptly to make improvements and set out four ways they had done so.

The supermarket giant said the store had been temporarily closed to allow “proactive maintenance” which included enhanced cleaning and structural improvements.

They also said staff had received extra training and management procedures had been enhanced while they continue to independently review their standards.

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Rob Foreman is set to run the half marathon wearing 20kg of PPE and breathing apparatus

A Cambridgeshire fire officer will be taking on the Cambridge Half Marathon on Sunday (March 8) – wearing 20kg of firefighting kit. Station Commander Rob Foreman is taking on the challenge to raise money for Magpas Air Ambulance.

A Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service (CFRS) spokesperson said: “He’s swapping sportswear for fire kit – and running the 13.1 mile race wearing CFRS fire kit – including personal protective equipment (PPE) and breathing apparatus, weighing around 20kg.”

Rob said: “I’m supporting Magpas because their specialist team saves lives every day, but they can only do it with public support. I’ve witnessed the incredible care Magpas provides at the toughest moments of people’s lives. They give people the very best chance of survival long before they reach a hospital.

“Running in full Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and breathing apparatus is my way of honouring their resilience and helping them continue their lifesaving work.”

He continued: “This challenge is about more than just endurance. Firefighting kit adds significant extra weight, traps heat, and makes every step tougher, but that’s the point. It’s a way of honouring the strength and resilience.”

Magpas Air Ambulance covers Cambridgeshire, Bedfordshire, and the East of England – a population of more than 10 million. The charity’s mission is to “save lives and limit disability by taking enhanced emergency care to patients in their moment of need”.

To support Rob, visit his donation page: Robert Foreman is fundraising for Magpas Air Ambulance.

Talking of Stockley Park, I can honestly say that place is having the biggest impact on professional football in my lifetime – and not, I may add, in a positive way.

Every week, I watch games with an open mouth, wondering how so-called refereeing experts can get so many decisions wrong.

The nature of football means subjective decision making is always going to be contested – handballs, penalties and what is or isn’t a booking. It’s impossible to agree on everything, and we have to understand that.

But red cards have to be given a more rigid framework for referees to work with, which would hopefully bring more consistency to decisions.

The laws around everything I have mentioned above in this column are far too ambiguous at the moment, and I think we have to remember what VAR was originally brought in for.

It was meant to protect and correct major or blatant wrong decisions – things like Thierry Henry’s handball versus the Republic of Ireland, Diego Maradona’s handball against England and Frank Lampard’s goal which crossed the line but wasn’t given against Germany, in the 2010 World Cup.

Incidents like that are examples of the kind of major wrong decisions which we can all agree on.

Unfortunately, VAR has become a monster, which is driving supporters away from the game, and things are getting worse – it seems to be involved more and more now, in every game I watch, and it is still not getting things right.

What grates with a lot of people in the game is that they are not asked what they think the problem is with VAR.

There are two other governing bodies of people in English football – the League Managers Association and the Professional Footballers’ Association – with members who have actually played the game or are currently playing and managing in it.

Even if the referees don’t want either of them involved in operating VAR, have they been asked how VAR could be improved – because they are the people it is affecting, not just the supporters.

If not, why not?

The fighter pilot who did not want to be identified said the mission was ‘just like training’ and celebrated with a sunrise beer

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An RAF fighter pilot who shot down two Iranian drones over Jordan said he has not properly celebrated yet, and just wants to get back on the job. He did however enjoy an ice cold beer at sunrise.

The pilot had been flying for four hours in his F-35B with two Typhoon jets when his radar detected two Shahed drones in the skies over Jordan. The Mirror reports he homed in on the targets and fired Amraam air-to-air missiles, destroying the enemy drones and blowing them out of the sky.

It is reported to be the first time a British F-35B pilot flying the UK’s deadliest warplane had destroyed a target during operations. He said it was “like training” and does not want to be identified for security reasons, he was concerned about positively identifying it before taking any shots.

He said: “But we had a good time to do that between me and the Typhoons that were airborne at the time to get that done”.

Asked what it was like when he struck the targets on Monday night, he said: “You are kind of more concerned about making sure you’ve shot the right thing. Making sure you positioned the aircraft in the right places.

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“It’s not a euphoric sense of success, I suppose. I just get out the way and get back on to doing the job again.”

RAF Akrotiri had been struck by a drone a day before he flew, creating a hole in a hangar home to two US U2 spy planes. He knew the stakes were high if either he or his fellow airmen and women let any drones slip through.

He added: “What we don’t know, is because they, they’re so small and difficult to detect, we don’t know if there’s any more out there. When you have to turn your aircraft around to shoot them down, what you’re not doing is turning your radar back to where they came from to try and find the next.”

He said what he shot down was “very different” to the kamizake one-way attack drone that hit RAF Akrotiri, without explaining why. He is among thousands of troops at the base who are on high alert for any incoming drone or missile, nobody wanting to be the one to miss anything.

Asked if he did anything to celebrate his win, he said: “We had one beer at sunrise and then I had to go to bed because I was on duty the next day.

“We’re kind of a pretty high operational tempo at the moment. So, when this is all over, whenever it ends, then I’m sure we’ll celebrate appropriately.”

The illness can turn serious

The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has issued an alert to parents over an illness that ‘spreads faster than the common cold’ and is ‘a lot more serious’.

In a post on X, formerly Twitter, it said: “Remember believing the wildest playground rumours? Sadly, measles spreads even faster than the gossip. Keep your child protected by staying up to date with their vaccines.”

The update continues: “Playground rumours spread fast, but playground illnesses spread faster. Illnesses like measles can spread a lot faster than the common cold, and are a lot more serious.

“Make sure your child is up to date with their vaccines.” Initial symptoms of measles include a runny or blocked nose, a high temperature, a cough, sneezing, and red, sore, watery eyes.

A rash typically emerges a few days afterwards, beginning on the face and behind the ears before spreading across the rest of the body. The rash’s spots are occasionally raised and join together to form blotchy patches, and they’re not usually itchy.

The rash appears brown or red on white skin and may be more difficult to spot on brown or black skin. NHS guidance adds: “It’s unlikely to be measles if you’ve had both doses of the MMRV or MMR vaccine or you’ve had measles before.”

Request an urgent GP appointment or contact NHS 111 if:

• you suspect you or your child may have measles
• your child is under a year old and has come into contact with someone who has measles
• you’ve been in close contact with someone who has measles and you’re pregnant or have a weakened immune system
• you or your child have not had measles or two doses of either the MMRV or MMR vaccine and you (or your child) have been in close contact with someone with measles
• you or your child have a high temperature that has not come down after taking paracetamol or ibuprofen
• you or your child have difficulty breathing – you may feel more short of breath than usual
• your baby or young child is not feeding well, or taking less feeds or fluids than usual
• you or your child are peeing less than usual (or your baby has fewer wet nappies)
• you or your child feels very unwell, or you’re worried something is seriously wrong

Measles can spread to others easily. Call your GP surgery before attending.

They may suggest a phone consultation or make arrangements for you to visit a section of the surgery where you’re kept separate from others.

The US and Israel attacked Iran last Saturday in what US president Donald Trump said was an expansive operation to destroy the country’s military capabilities and eliminate the threat of it creating a nuclear weapon.

Iran’s foreign ministry said it would defend its homeland as the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps initiated counterattacks, launching drones and missiles at Israel. Further strikes were launched at US military installations in countries including Bahrain, Kuwait, UAE and Qatar.

The spiralling conflict has now spread beyond the region, dragging in Azerbaijan, Sri Lanka, and Turkey amid fears that the major conflict could drag on for weeks.

It follows weeks of pressure from Trump on Tehran to make a deal to constrain its nuclear programme. In the lead-up to the strikes, Washington built up a significant fleet of warships near Iran.

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The aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln and three guided-missile destroyers arrived in January to bolster the number of warships in the region. The world’s largest aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald R Ford, and four accompanying destroyers were also dispatched from the Caribbean.

At least 165 people were reported killed at a girls’ school in southern Iran in the Israeli-US strikes, according to Iran’s state-run IRNA news agency. Shrapnel from an Iranian missile attack on the capital of the UAE killed one person, state media said.

28 Feb: Ayatollah’s compound was one of the first targets

Israel announced it had launched an attack on Iran shortly after explosions were heard in Tehran on Saturday morning. One of the first strikes hit near the offices of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. It wasn’t immediately clear where Khamenei was at the time, as he hadn’t been seen for days.

Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi told NBC News that Khamenei and president Masoud Pezeshkian were alive “as far as I know” – though President Trump later said the Ayatollah had died in the attacks. This was then confirmed by Iran state media later on.

Israeli defence minister Israel Katz said the attacks had been conducted “to remove threats”. Sirens were heard across Israel to warn the public about possible incoming missile strikes.

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Iran strikes back at Israel and US bases

Later on Saturday, Bahrain said a missile attack targeted the US Navy’s 5th Fleet headquarters in the island kingdom. Witnesses heard sirens and explosions in Kuwait, home to US Army Central. Explosions could also be heard in Qatar, where Al Udeid Air Base hosts thousands of service members.

Iraq and the United Arab Emirates closed their airspace, and sirens sounded in Jordan.

An apartment building in northern Israel was damaged and shrapnel fell in multiple sites, according to media and police. But Lieutenant Colonel Nadav Shoshani said there had been no significant hits in Israel and rescue services said there were no injuries reported from missile barrages across the country.

Iranian-backed Houthis in Yemen, meanwhile, have vowed to resume attacks on Red Sea shipping routes and on Israel, according to two senior Houthi officials who spoke on condition of anonymity.

28 Feb: Trump tells Iranians to topple their government

It took over an hour for Trump to make an official announcement on the US involvement in what he termed “major combat operations”.

In an eight-minute video on social media, Trump indicated the US was striking for reasons far beyond the nuclear programme, listing grievances stretching back to the beginning of the Islamic Republic following a revolution in 1979 that turned Iran from one of America’s closest allies in the Middle East into a fierce foe.

Trump told Iranians to take cover but urged them to later rise up and topple the Islamic leadership.

“When we are finished, take over your government,” Trump said. “It will be yours to take. This will be probably your only chance for generations.”

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28 Feb: Fighting grounds flights and disrupts commercial air travel

The fighting has disrupted air travel in the region.

Israel and the UAE, home to both the long-haul carriers Emirates and Etihad, closed their airspace Saturday. Qatar Airways Group said it has temporarily cancelled flights to and from Doha because Qatari airspace also was closed.

Planes en route to Israel were rerouted to other airports.

Virgin Atlantic cancelled its flight from London’s Heathrow Airport to Dubai and said it would avoid flying over Iraq, meaning flights to and from India, the Maldives, Dubai and Riyadh could take slightly longer. Virgin Atlantic said all flights would carry appropriate fuel in case they need to reroute on short notice.

Turkish Airlines said on X that flights to Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Iran and Jordan will be suspended until Monday and flights to Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates and Oman will be suspended on Saturday.

Dutch airline KLM previously said it was suspending Tel Aviv flights starting Sunday.

1 March: UK gives US permission to use RAF bases

Meanwhile, at the end of the weekend, Sir Keir Starmer dramatically changed his mind over giving the Americans permission to use RAF bases in Cyprus to tackle the growing threat from Iran.

In a late statement on Sunday evening, the prime minister insisted he was giving permission for the “limited specific defensive purpose” of defending UK and US allies across the Middle East as Iran continues to lash out.

It follows defence secretary John Healey revealing that two Iranian missiles were aimed in the direction of Cyprus where the UK has bases.

Mr Trump later said he was disappointed in the delay over the decision from Sir Keir.

A drone hit the British RAF Akrotiri base in Cyprus on Sunday with two more intercepted on Monday. Sir Keir Starmer said this was “not in response to any decision that we have taken” but was launched before Britain’s announcement that it would allow America to use its bases.

Speaking in the House of Commons on Monday afternoon, Sir Keir defended the UK’s “deliberate” decision not to join in with the wave of strikes by the US and Israel on Iran at the weekend, saying: “It is my duty to judge what is in Britain’s national interest. That is what I’ve done, and I stand by it.”

2 March: War widens to include Tehran-backed militias

Iran and Iranian-backed militias have fired missiles at Israel and Arab states, reportedly hitting the American embassy compound in Kuwait, while Israel and the United States pounded targets in Iran as the war in the Middle East expanded on Monday.

The Iranian Red Crescent Society said the US-Israeli airstrike campaign has killed 555 people so far in Iran so far.

As the American and Israeli airstrikes continued, top Iranian security official Ali Larijani vowed on X that “we will not negotiate with the United States”.

Blasts were reported in Jerusalem, Dubai, Abu Dhabi in UAE, Doha in Qatar, and Manama in Bahrain as the conflict entered its third day.

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2 March: US embassy ‘hit in Kuwait’ as American death toll rises

Smoke was seen rising from the vicinity of the US embassy in Kuwait, according to witnesses, and the US consulate urged Americans to “not come to the embassy”.

Three American troops were killed and five are seriously injured, the US military said, confirming its first casualties in the conflict. A fourth American service member was confirmed dead later on Monday.

President Trump has suggested the conflict with Iran could go on for the next four weeks after the US president earlier said that operations are “ahead of schedule”.

The chaos of the conflict was further highlighted on Monday when the US military said Kuwait had shot down three American F-15E Strike Eagles during a friendly fire incident. US Central Command said all six pilots ejected safely and are in a stable condition.

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2 March: Israel and Lebanon’s Hezbollah exchange fire

Meanwhile, Israel launched a wave of missile and drone attacks on Hezbollah-controlled southern suburbs of Beirut in Lebanon on Monday and ordered evacuations.

Israeli defence minister Israel Katz has warned that Lebanon’s Hezbollah chief Naim Qassem is now a “target for elimination”.

It comes after the group fired at Israel in retaliation for killing Iran’s supreme leader.

3 March: Death toll continues to climb as fears of protracted regional war grow

The Iranian Red Crescent Society said on Tuesday the US-Israeli operation has killed at least 555 people. In Israel, where several locations were hit by Iranian missiles, 11 people were killed. Israel’s retaliatory strikes against Hezbollah killed 52 people in Lebanon. The US military has now confirmed six deaths of American service members. Three people were killed in the United Arab Emirates, and one each in Kuwait and Bahrain.

The latest death tolls come a day after US defense secretary Pete Hegseth said the conflict “is not endless” as he held the Trump administration’s first news briefing since strikes were launched on Saturday. He insisted Iran “had a gun to our head” as he defended the joint US-Israeli attacks that sparked the widening conflict, amid growing concerns it could spiral into a protracted regional war.

The UAE, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, Jordan, Oman and Saudi Arabia are now among the nations struck in retaliatory attacks.

And president Trump warned later on Monday that the worst is yet to come. “We haven’t even started hitting them hard,” he told CNN. “The big wave hasn’t even happened. The big one is coming soon.”

Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, meanwhile, claimed he and Mr Trump are saving the world from the threat of Iran.

The conflict is already having a global economic impact with oil prices shooting up in response to the crisis.

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3 March: US embassy in Saudi Arabia hit as Israel ramps up operations in Lebanon

Iran struck the US embassy in Saudi Arabia’s capital with a drone early on Tuesday as it kept hitting targets around the region. The US State Department ordered the evacuation of non-emergency personnel and family in Kuwait following the attack there, as well as Bahrain, Iraq, Qatar and Jordan as a precaution.

Meanwhile, Israel and the US continued to pound Iran with airstrikes on Tuesday, targeting nuclear facilities and missile infrastructure in particular.

In Lebanon, Israel launched more strikes on Hezbollah, the Iran-backed militia group, and said its soldiers are “operating in southern Lebanon”. Explosions could be heard and smoke seen in a southern suburb of Beirut.

4 March: War spreads beyond Middle East

Iran was forced to deny attacking Turkey after a ballistic missile entered the Nato country’s airspace, threatening to further spread the conflict beyond the Middle East.

It was the first time Nato air defences were used since the conflict in the Middle East began, raising significant fears of a major expansion in the war.

US-Israeli strikes on Iran, and Israeli strikes on Lebanon, continue into their fifth day. Images showed buildings reduced to rubble in Beirut by huge Israeli strikes, which by Wednesday had killed dozens of people.

Elsewhere, a US submarine sank an Iranian warship off Sri Lanka, killing at least 87 people.

CENTCOM said in a statement it had “struck or sunk to the bottom of the ocean” more than 20 Iranian ships, including the warship sunk off Sri Lanka in the first such action by a US submarine since World War Two.

5 March: Azerbaijan dragged into the conflict

As Iran, Israel and the US traded strikes for a sixth day, another country was dragged into the war.

Azerbaijan accused Iran of firing drones at its territory and ordered its southern airspace closed for 12 hours. Two drones landed on an airport and near a school, and Azerbaijan’s government warned the attack would “not remain unanswered”.

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Meanwhile, Sri Lanka has started offloading the 208-member crew of a second Iranian vessel off its coast on Thursday, President Anura Kumara Dissanayake said, a day after Wednesday’s attack by the US on an Iranian warship.

In Iran, at least 1,230 people have been killed, according to the Iranian Red Crescent Society, including 175 schoolgirls and staff killed at a primary school in Minab in the country’s south on the first day of the war.

6 March: Israeli attacks on Lebanon intensify again

Israel said it has launched a “wave of airstrikes targeting Hezbollah” in Beirut’s southern suburbs, where it instructed thousands of people to evacuate.

Explosions and flashes lit up the night sky over Beirut’s southern suburbs. The Israeli military said it had carried out 26 waves of strikes overnight in the southern suburbs, saying targets included Iran-backed Hezbollah militia command centres and weapons storage facilities.

The Lebanese health ministry has reported 123 people have been killed and another 683 wounded as a result of Israeli attacks this week. There have been no reported fatalities in Israel as a result of Hezbollah attacks.

Meanwhile, Iranian forces said Kheibar missiles were fired toward Tel Aviv on Friday as part of the 21st wave of its “Operation True Promise 4″. In a statement, the IRGC said the wave began with a combined missile and drone operation targeting sites in the heart of Tel Aviv.