A US aircraft carrier is barrelling towards the Middle East after Donald Trump warned the “full strength and might” of the military would be used if America was attacked. Iran and

Relative calm returned to global markets, with stocks climbing and oil sinking alongside gold as fears subsided that Israel’s war against Iran would escalate into a wider conflict. News reports that Tehran wants to restart talks over nuclear programs also fueled risk-on sentiment.

Seyed Ali Alavi, a lecturer in Middle Eastern studies at SOAS University of London, said that the strikes would doubtless cast a shadow over Sunday's talks ... East to possess nuclear weapons ...

The latest escalation in tensions in Iran has paved the way for the return of risk premiums on oil prices once again.

"We wouldn't like to see some kind of nuclear race in the Middle East," Israeli diplomat Tsach Saar told Newsweek.

The move to reduce staff at some U.S. installations in the Middle East comes ... can't have a nuclear weapon." Trump has repeatedly threatened to strike Iran if stuttering talks over its nuclear ...

The fear is that this war between Israel and Iran will play out on the ground of all the countries in between, writes chief international correspondent Bel Trew from Damascus

"The full strength and might of the U.S. Armed Forces will come down on you at levels never seen before," Trump warned.