In case you’re just just joining us, here’s a snapshot of the latest developments in the US-Israel war on Iran. It’s 10.30am in Tehran, 9am in Tel Aviv and Beirut and 3am in Washington DC.

• A reported drone and rocket attack targeting the US embassy in Baghdad early on Tuesday came as a strike killed four people at a house reportedly hosting Iranian advisers, security officials said, pulling Iraq deeper into the Middle East war.

• Donald Trump has said his trip to China this month to meet with the country’s leader, Xi Jinping, could be delayed by “a month or so”. “We’ve got a war going on. I think it’s important that I be here,” he said at the White House. Treasury secretary Scott Bessent earlier insisted the move was not to press Beijing to help unblock the strait of Hormuz.

• The head of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) said naval escorts through the strait of Hormuz will not “100% guarantee” the safety of ships attempting to transit the waterway, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday.

• Operations at the United Arab Emirates’ Shah gas field remained suspended on Tuesday after a drone attack, while a fresh attack caused a fire in the Fujairah oil industry zone. No injuries were reported in either incident, the local media offices said

• The Reserve Bank of Australia has increased interest rates amid the energy shock worldwide. The broadening Middle East conflict is adding to price pressures worldwide, forcing central banks to prepare for higher interest rates. Australia’s had been the only one expected to hike so soon, with central banks in the US, UK, European Union, Japan, Canada, Switzerland and Sweden all expected to leave rates on hold this week.

  A summary of earlier developments is here.