US-Iran war latest: Trump moves 9,000 troops to Middle East after threatening to hit Iran ‘very hard’

What the coverage shows

The AP and South China Morning Post both center Trump’s threat to hit Iran “very hard” if Tehran is linked to the flydubai incident, while the AP’s later update and SCMP both frame the event as a copilot attack on an Israel-bound flight. The Independent shifts the focus to a broader US-Iran war context and is the only outlet here to foreground troop movements. Al Jazeera does not lead on Trump’s warning in the extract provided, instead grouping the item with wider Middle East military buildup coverage.

Written by Crossfiled from the 2 headlines and extracts below, not from the articles themselves. It describes how the outlets framed this, not what happened. Open any headline for a summary of that article.