US strikes Iran after Apache helicopter downed

US forces have launched retaliatory strikes against Iran after Tehran downed a US Apache helicopter near the Strait of Hormuz. Vice-President JD Vance said a peace deal could come within weeks, even as the bombs were falling — an optimism that Iran met by claiming it targeted the US fleet in Bahrain. Lebanon's Health Ministry puts the death toll from Israeli strikes on the country since March at 3,666.