Iran says US strikes hit bridges in the country in an apparent escalation, while the US boards a ship in the Strait of Hormuz.

The US launched strikes for the sixth night in a row, as fighting over control of the Strait of Hormuz continues The US launched a new wave of strikes against Iran for a sixth night in a row, its military said, as the two sides battled for control of the Strait of Hormuz. US Central Command (Centcom) said the attacks were intended to "further degrade Iranian military capabilities", before saying it had boarded a vessel as part of its blockade of the strait. In an apparent escalation, Iran's state media reported that the US had struck civilian infrastructure, including bridges, a train station and an airport. The BBC has verified an attack on one bridge to the west of Bandar Abbas in Hormozgan province. US missiles also struck close to the island of Qeshm, near the strait, as well as in Bandar Abbas and Bushehr - the site of a nuclear power plant. Centcom did not mention bridges in its list of the "dozens of Iranian military targets" it hit in the latest round of strikes, which ended in the early hours of Friday. It said jets, drones and ships had attacked "coastal surveillance and air defense sites, military logistics infrastructure, and maritime capabilities". Earlier this week, US President Donald Trump threatened to strike Iran's bridges and power plants if the country did not return to talks.