US and Israel draw up plans for renewed strikes on Iran's nuclear sites after next month's midterm elections

Defence secretary Pete Hegseth met Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu in Israel this week to discuss the new attacks, US officials said. Iran's energy infrastructure and its missile and drone arsenal would likely be hit too. A large US arsenal should be ready by early November. But President Trump has vetoed a return to major combat repeatedly this year, including this month.

Tehran vows to hit data centres and undersea internet cables in any retaliation.

US and Israeli jets are already rehearsing strike manoeuvres in the skies over Iraq.

The February-to-April strikes drove up energy prices and inflation around the world.