Six O'Clock News

Three victims of IRA bombings in England have ended their civil court case against the former Sinn Féin leader, Gerry Adams. Also: The government has given its approval for UK bases to be used by the US to launch strikes on Iranian sites targeting the Strait of Hormuz. And Nasa’s huge Moon rocket has completed its four mile journey to the launchpad at Cape Canaveral in Florida.

Iran has warned it will show "zero restraint" if its energy facilities are again hit by airstrikes, as the focus of the war shifts to key oil and gas infrastructure across the Middle East. Also: The BBC finds multiple reports of sexual abuse of children taking place in minimarts in the West Midlands. And the King goes for a walk on England's new coastal path named after him.

Iran has threatened to attack key energy sites belonging to its Gulf neighbours, after refineries on a gas field it shares with Qatar were hit with air-strikes. Also: UK health officials put out an urgent public health alert because of the meningitis outbreak in Kent. And the government of Senegal calls for an investigation after its football team was stripped of its Africa Cup of Nations title.

A senior US counter-terrorism official has resigned from President Trump's government saying he cannot in good conscience support the war in Iran. Also: Some students at the University of Kent are to be offered the meningitis B vaccine, in response to the outbreak in the county. And the spy novelist, Len Deighton, has died at the age of 97.

President Trump has criticised the UK's response to the Iran war and the reluctance of some allies to help break the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz. Also: Hundreds of students queue at the University of Kent for antibiotics after two people die in a meningitis outbreak. And the government outlines more help for companies to take on young people.