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Iranian warship sinks near Sri Lanka

The US says it has effectively sunk the entire Iranian navy. Sri Lanka said it rescued 32 people on Wednesday from an Iranian warship that sank off its coast, with some bodies recovered at sea.

Admiral Brad Cooper, the overall commander of the US campaign as head of the military's Central Command, said 50,000 troops, 200 jets and two aircraft carriers were engaged in, "24/7 strikes into Iran from seabed to space and cyberspace," with more assets on the way.

"My overall operational assessment is that we are ahead of our game plan," he said. "In simple terms, we're focused on shooting things that can shoot us."

Israel said its forces hit targets across Iran for a fifth day. An Israeli F-35 fighter jet shot down an Iranian Yak-130 over Tehran, believed to be the first time the new-generation F-35 has downed a manned aircraft in combat.

The campaign has also expanded to Lebanon, where Israel has bombed Beirut and vowed to uproot the Iran-backed group Hezbollah after it launched strikes into Israel.

The Israeli military said on Wednesday its ground forces were advancing in southern Lebanon and ordered residents to evacuate the entire swathe of territory south of the Litani River.