Dale Willman

And top military and political leaders and peers Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has more from Dubai.

Several U.S.

warplanes crashed Monday in Kuwait, that country's defense ministry said, with all the pilots safely bailing out.

The ministry did not elaborate on what caused the crashes, but it came during an intense period of Iranian fire targeting that country.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer says the UK will allow the US to use some of its bases in the Gulf to attack Iran's missile capabilities.

In a video message posted to social media Sunday, Starmer says Iranian missile attacks threaten British allies, civilians and military.

Britain had previously not allowed the U.S.

to use U.K.

bases to attack Iran.

Leaders across the Middle East are calling on the U.S., Israel, and Iran to stand down as they continue to trade airstrikes for a second day.

As Derry Buskaran reports, the war is deeply unpopular in neighboring Turkey.

The U.S.

and Israeli attacks on Iran have put world markets on edge.

U.S.

futures initially dropped more than 1% on Monday when markets opened across Asia.

Japan's Nikkei 225 index lost 2.3%.

Soon after the open and shares also fell in Australia, crude oil prices, though, jumped by almost 10%.

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Iran's national soccer team may not play World Cup games in the U.S.

later this year.