Iran war live: Trump extends ceasefire but says Hormuz will stay ‘totally blockaded’

One individual ⁠was killed in ⁠an Israeli ​drone ⁠strike ‌in a single day on the outskirts ‌of al-Jbour ‌in ⁠Lebanon’s western Bekaa Valley, the Lebanese state information company ‌stated this morning.

A minimum of two different individuals additionally sustained accidents, in accordance with the Nationwide Information Company.

Israeli forces have intensified operations throughout southern Lebanon, finishing up widespread demolitions, ramping up aerial surveillance and issuing evacuation warnings regardless of a 10-day ceasefire, it added.

Army planners from international locations in search of to hitch a UK and France-led mission to maintain the Strait of Hormuz open as soon as the Iran battle ends will meet in London in the present day.

Greater than 30 nations are anticipated to ship planners to the two-day convention beginning in the present day and co-hosted by the UK and France on the UK’s Everlasting Joint Headquarters in Northwood, north London.

They goal to construct on talks held by Sir Keir Starmer and French president Emmanuel Macron in Paris final week with a view to establishing a joint defensive mission after a sustainable ceasefire settlement has been reached.

The talks in London will give attention to army capabilities, command and management, and the way army forces may deploy to the area.

Defence secretary John Healey stated: “The duty, in the present day and tomorrow, is to translate the diplomatic consensus right into a joint plan to safeguard freedom of navigation within the strait and help a long-lasting ceasefire.

“I’m assured that, over the subsequent two days, actual progress will be made. Worldwide commerce, vitality safety and the steadiness of the worldwide financial system depend upon freedom of navigation.”

By constructing on our widespread goal, strengthening multinational co-ordination and planning for efficient collective motion, we might help reopen the strait, stabilise the worldwide financial system and defend our individuals.”

The UK Maritime Commerce Operations stated this morning that it had acquired a ⁠report ​of an ⁠incident 15 nautical ⁠miles northeast ​of Oman, the place ⁠the ‌grasp of a container ship ‌reported being approached by ‌an IRGC gunboat.

The vessel ⁠was subsequently fired upon, sustaining heavy injury to its bridge, although no fires ‌or environmental ​affect have been ‌reported and ⁠all crew ⁠members have been secure.

On Tuesday night, President Donald Trump fired off a barrage of Reality Social posts concentrating on an array of home and overseas entities lengthy accustomed to his relentless criticism.

Within the span of roughly 90 minutes, he singled out the Supreme Court docket, The Wall Road Journal, the renewable vitality trade and the Iranian regime.

The president’s on-line remarks capped off his day on the White Home, throughout which he attended coverage conferences, hosted faculty athletes within the State Eating Room and took part in a marathon Bible-reading occasion.

US president ​Donald Trump’s administration has halted US greenback shipments to Iraq and frozen safety cooperation packages with its ⁠army, because it presses Baghdad to dismantle Iranian-backed militias working within the nation, the Wall Road Journal reported.

US ⁠Treasury Division officers not too long ago blocked a supply of practically $500m in ⁠US banknotes – the proceeds of Iraqi ​oil ⁠gross sales – from accounts ‌on the Federal Reserve Financial institution of New York, the Journal stated.

Washington has additionally knowledgeable Baghdad it’s suspending funding for some counter-terrorism and army coaching packages till militia assaults finish and Iraqi authorities take steps to dismantle armed teams, the report ‌added.

The US earlier this ​month summoned Iraq’s ambassador after ‌a drone struck ⁠a significant US diplomatic facility in ⁠Baghdad, following a sequence of drone assaults ‌that Washington has ​blamed on Iran-aligned “terrorist ‌militias”.

The US has imposed new sanctions concentrating on 14 ​individuals and corporations that assist Iran acquire weapons ‌as Tehran works to rebuild its ballistic missile stock after US-Israeli assaults, the treasury division stated.

The targets, ​which additionally embrace plane, are based mostly in Iran, ​Turkey and the United Arab Emirates and ⁠have been cited for his or her involvement in procuring or ​transporting weapons or parts on Iran’s behalf, the treasury stated ​in an announcement.

“As the US continues to deplete Iran’s ​ballistic missile inventories, the regime is ​in search of to ⁠reconstitute its manufacturing capability,” the treasury stated.

“Iran is more and more counting on Shahed-series one-way assault unmanned aerial autos (UAVs) to ⁠goal ​the US and its ​allies, together with vitality infrastructure within the area.”

The US has imposed new sanctions concentrating on 14 ​individuals and corporations that assist Iran acquire weapons ‌as Tehran works to rebuild its ballistic missile stock after US-Israeli assaults, the treasury division stated.

The targets, ​which additionally embrace plane, are based mostly in Iran, ​Turkey and the United Arab Emirates and ⁠have been cited for his or her involvement in procuring or ​transporting weapons or parts on Iran’s behalf, the treasury stated ​in an announcement.

“As the US continues to deplete Iran’s ​ballistic missile inventories, the regime is ​in search of to ⁠reconstitute its manufacturing capability,” the treasury stated.”

Iran is more and more counting on Shahed-series one-way assault unmanned aerial autos (UAVs) to ⁠goal ​the US and its ​allies, together with vitality infrastructure within the area.”

Oil costs have fallen barely this morning ​after rising about $1 firstly of commerce in Asia, with traders assessing the outlook for ‌US-Iran peace talks following the US extension of a ceasefire.

Brent crude futures have been down 21 cents, or 0.2 per cent, at $98.27 a barrel, after touching $99.38 earlier within the session. West Texas Intermediate futures fell 28 cents, or 0.3 per cent, to $89.39, after climbing as excessive ​as $90.71.

US crude ​oil stock fell by 4.5 million barrels final week after three ​weeks of beneficial properties, whereas gasoline and distillate inventory additionally declined, market sources stated, citing American Petroleum Institute figures.