Middle East crisis live: US launches new wave of strikes on Iran; Tehran says attacks render diplomacy ‘futile’

The brief

One person has been killed and four wounded in a US strike on a water pumping station in Iran’s mahshahr, Iranian state media Irna news is reporting. Oil prices opened sharply higher on Monday after the United States launched a wave of attacks on Iran and as Tehran announced it would close the strait of Hormuz. A barrel of international benchmark Brent crude for September delivery rose 3.75% to $78.86 at around 2210 GMT on Sunday. US benchmark West Texas Intermediate rose 3.65% to $74.02 per barrel for August delivery. Strikes over the weekend have had wider regional implications. Qatar, which has previously said it would not act as a…