Iran has issued a stark “zero red lines” warning, threatening US-linked energy infrastructure, data centres, artificial intelligence facilities and critical communication cables across seven Gulf states if hostilities with the US and Israel resume. Tehran’s latest threat puts billions of dollars in American-linked technology investments at risk as tensions escalate across West Asia. WATCH

Emmanuel Macron has hit back at Donald Trump over his explosive remarks on France’s unrest, accusing foreign leaders of spreading misinformation and fuelling tensions over immigration. Trump has claimed that migrants, jihadists and communists are “burning France to the ground”, while Macron has rejected claims that France is being “invaded” by migrants and Islamists, branding the criticism an attack on his country. The war of words has intensified as France grapples with nationwide unrest linked to education and cost-of-living protests, with more than 2,000 arrests reported over one weekend. WATCH