Today so far US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth confirmed that a US submarine sank an Iranian warship off the coast of Sri Lanka, marking the first US attack on Iranian forces outside of the Middle East. More than 80 people were killed. In a press briefing at the Pentagon, Hegseth declared that “America is winning”…
Interim summary Thank you for following along with our live coverage so far today. The fighting continued in Lebanon, with Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, and Israel Katz, the Israeli defence minister, approving a military ground incursion into the southern part of the country and the Israeli military issuing new evacuation orders for dozens…
Trump says he is ‘very sad’ that UK-US relations ‘are not what they used to be’ Good morning and welcome to our live coverage of UK politics. US President Donald Trump has said he is “very sad” to see that UK-US relations are “not what they were” after criticising Keir Starmer for taking “too long”…
Trump on Iran attack: ‘The big wave hasn’t happened yet.’ In an interview with CNN, Donald Trump said this: “The ‘big wave’ of attacks against Iran is yet to come.” The president stated, “We have not yet begun to hit them hard.” In a nine-minute phone interview with CNN’s Jake Tapper, Trump asserted, “We’re crushing them.”…
Morning opening: EU meets to consider its response as countries consider feasibility of evacuation plans A so-called “security college” of the European Commission is set to meet today as the EU considers its options given the escalating situation in the Middle East. The bloc’s foreign ministers spoke in an online emergency meeting last night. The…
SmartTraveller tells Australians not to travel to most countries in the Middle East SmartTraveler has updated its list of countries not to travel to in the Middle East as conflict escalates in the region. Countries include: Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Kuwait, Lebanon, Palestine, Qatar, Syria, the United Arab Emirates, and Yemen. The website says Australians…
Australia did not know about strikes in Iran. The foreign minister, Penny Wong, says Australia was not told in advance about the bombing of Iran but won’t say whether intelligence facilities here were used. “We weren’t told in advance. You wouldn’t expect us to be but you would see there’s obviously been a lot of…
