The airstrike, carried out with ballistic missiles and cruise missiles fired by Russian strategic bombers based in the Arctic Circle, was the fourth large-scale aerial assault targeting the power syst ...
"We are very concerned: we don't think either side wants a war, but we are very concerned that we could get into an accidental war and we are doing everything we can to ratchet things down," Hunt told BBC radio.
Hunt said Britain had been closely in touch with the United States over the "very dangerous situation in the Gulf"
"We have been doing everything we can to de-escalate the situation," Hunt said.