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LONDON — Iran has fired missiles at the joint U.K.-U.S. Diego Garcia military base in the Indian Ocean, claiming the strike shows it is capable of longer-distance attacks than previously known. “Iran’s reckless attacks, lashing out across the region and holding hostage the Strait of Hormuz, are a threat to British interests and British allies,”…

Iran’s economy, long struggling under heavy sanctions, has been hit hard by the war. Many workers have lost their jobs, while a government-imposed internet blackout also disrupted business for much of the war. Tehran has made the unfreezing of its assets a key demand in talks, hoping for relief months after unrest that was fueled…