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  "textContent": "To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video\n\nUp Next\n\nPrevious Page\n\nNext Page\n\nUS President Donald Trump has threatened retaliation after two drones drones hit the US Embassy in Saudi Arabia overnight.\n\nTwo suspected Iranian drones struck the US mission in Riyadh, causing a small fire and minor damage to the building.\n\nA blast was heard from the embassy and black smoke was seen rising from the building on Tuesday morning, according to reports.\n\nNo injuries were reported in the strike, given the building was empty in the early morning hours.\n\nRubble from buildings damaged after an early morning Israeli strike on Beirut’s southern suburbs (Picture: AFPTV / AFP via Getty Images)\n\n##  Sign up for all of the latest stories\n\nStart your day informed with Metro's **News Updates** newsletter or get **Breaking News **alerts the moment it happens.\n\nUS State Department officials told the Wall Street Journal that two UAVs [Unmanned Aerial Vehicles] hit the embassy roof.\n\nAnother eight drones were also intercepted as they soared towards the cities of Riyadh and Al-Kharj, The Saudi Defense Ministry told The New York Times.\n\nDonald Trump has vowed revenge for the attack, telling News Nation on Monday night that ‘you’re going to find out soon’ what the retaliation would be.\n\nThe President also said the US is getting ‘very close’ to achieving his stated objectives for the military action, calling it ‘ahead of schedule.’\n\nIsraeli troops are now operating inside Lebanon, the Israeli Defense Forces said as Israel launches new attacks on Tehran and Beirut.\n\nAn IDF Spokesperson said soldiers were sent in ‘to advance and seize additional strategic areas in Lebanon.’\n\nIran announced this morning they are striking ‘military targets’ in the Iranian capital and the Lebanese capital.\n\nA general view of Tehran with smoke visible in the distance after explosions were reported in the city (Picture: Contributor/Getty Images)\n\nHezbollah – a militant group linked with Iran – claimed to have attacked three Israeli military sites.\n\nIranian state media have claimed the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has destroyed the main command headquarters of a US air base in Bahrain.\n\nFars News Agency claims IGRC drones and missiles hit the building in Bahrain’s Sheikh Isa region, causing a fuel tank to explode.\n\nConflict in the Middle East has seen energy prices surge.\n\nNatural gas prices soared on Monday after QatarEnergy, one of the world’s biggest exporters, stopped production following ‘military attacks’.\n\nThis caused natural gas futures in Europe to jump more than 40 per cent.\n\n******Get in touch with our news team by emailing us atwebnews@metro.co.uk.******\n\n**For more stories like this,****check our news page**.\n\nComment now Comments  Add Metro as a Preferred Source on Google Add as preferred source ",
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