The US has launched retaliatory strikes on Iran following the downing of an American helicopter near the Strait of Hormuz on Monday

Welcome to The Australian’s rolling coverage of news from Canberra and around the world as Israel and Iran return to their fragile ceasefire after strikes on each other on Monday.

“I have just been informed by our Great Military that last night the Iranians shot down one of our highly sophisticated Apache Helicopters while patrolling over the Strait of Hormuz,” Trump wrote in a...