West Asia War LIVE Updates:  A second US fifth-generation F-35 fighter jet was struck and downed over central Iran by a modern air-defence system of the IRGC, officials said, adding that the pilot is unlikely to have ejected, Iranian state media reported on Friday. Follow LIVE Updates here

West Asia War LIVE Updates: US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth on Tuesday said that Washington has already taken steps to “set the conditions” to keep the Strait of Hormuz operational, even as military operations against Iran continue. We are closing the LIVE blog now