Iran fires missiles at UK-US base Diego Garcia after warning ‘British lives are in danger’

Two intermediate-range ballistic missiles were fired at Diego Garcia in the Chagos Islands but neither hit (Picture: Reuters)

Iran fired missiles towards the UK’s Diego Garcia base in the Indian Ocean, US officials have said.

Two intermediate-range ballistic missiles were fired at Diego Garcia in the Chagos Islands but neither hit, the Wall Street Journal and the semi-official Iranian news agency Mehr reported.

One of the missiles was shot down by a US warship, while the other failed in flight...