Israel has launched a fresh wave of attacks on Iran, which threatened retaliation against vital infrastructure across the Middle East in a war that has plunged the world into its worst energy crisis in decades.

Follow live coverage of developments as the US-Israeli war on Iran enters its fourth week as the impacts of the fighting continue to be felt around the globe.

The Taoiseach, the Tánaiste and leader of the Independents in Government Seán Canney will meet later to sign off on fuel supports to tackle inflation being experienced since the beginning of the US war on Iran.

The pilot and co-pilot of an Air Canada Express regional jet were killed after it collided with a fire engine while landing at New York's LaGuardia airport late last night, in an incident that closed the airport, authorities and US media said.

The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has warned that the Earth's climate is more out of balance than at any time in observed history, as greenhouse gas concentrations drive continued warming of the atmosphere and ocean and melting of ice.