Middle East crisis live: Trump threatens to ‘blow up’ entire South Pars gasfield if Iran strikes Qatar

US president says Israel will not launch another attack on the giant gasfield shared by Iran and Qatar, but promises to destroy it if Tehran retaliates Israel strikes Iran’s South Pars gasfield hours after forces kill intelligence minister Fighting intensifies between Israel and Hezbollah in southern Lebanon Cathay Pacific suspends flights to and from Dubai until end of April The Hong Kong aviation giant Cathay Pacific has suspended flights to and from Dubai over the war in the Middle East. The Pentagon “has asked the White House to approve a more than $200bn request to Congress to fund the war in Iran , according to a senior administration official”, the Washington Post reports . The oil price climbed towards $110 a barrel on Wednesday as the mounting threat to the Gulf’s oil and gas infrastructure fuelled concerns of more disruption to global supplies, amid the continuing blockade of the strait of Hormuz.