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: Britain’s Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper called on Thursday for joint action to exert diplomatic and economic pressures to open the Strait of Hormuz, which has been “hijacked” by Iran. Speaking at the meeting of about 40 countries, including India, convened from London on the Strait, she said, "We have seen Iran hijack an international shipping route to hold the global economy hostage”. We are closing the LIVE blog now