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Trump 'thinking' of taking over strait of Hormuz

Donald Trump also told CBS News that his administration is “thinking” of taking over the strait of Hormuz.

The strait is one of the world’s most critical energy shipping routes, carrying roughly a fifth of global oil shipments.

Trump told CBS News that the strait of Hormuz is open but the White House is still “thinking about taking it over” and could do “a lot”.

Iran has not closed the strait but has threatened to fire at any US or Israeli tankers that try to travel through.

The Galaxy Globe bulk carrier and the Luojiashan tanker sit anchored in Muscat, Oman. Photograph: Benoît Tessier/Reuters

Russian president Vladimir Putin held a phone call with US President Donald Trump on and shared his proposals, aimed at a quick settlement to the Iran war, Kremlin foreign policy aide Yuri Ushakov told reporters.

Trump says Iran war 'very complete' and ahead of schedule

Donald Trump has claimed the war against Iran “is very complete” and that Washington was “very far ahead” of his initial four to five week estimated time frame.

“I think the war is very complete, pretty much. They have no navy, no communications, they’ve got no air force,” the US president said in an interview with CBS News.

Trump also said the US is “very far” ahead of his initial 4-5 week estimated time frame for the war.

On Iran’s new supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, Trump told CBS News:

I have no message for him. None, whatsoever.

Trump said he has someone in mind to replace Khamenei, but did not elaborate.

The UK has “temporarily” withdrawn the dependents of embassy staff in the United Arab Emirates “as a precautionary measure”.

In an update to its travel advice, the UK’s Foreign Office said: “Due to the ongoing security situation, as a precautionary measure we have decided to temporarily withdraw the dependents of British Embassy staff from the United Arab Emirates. Our embassies in Abu Dhabi and Dubai continue to operate as normal.”

The Lebanese Iranian-backed militant group Hezbollah’s launch of missiles towards Israel was retaliation for the killing of Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah ​Ali Khamenei, a senior official from the group said.

Senior Hezbollah official Mohammed Raad said in an address that the group would defend its existence, “no matter the price”, Reuters reports.

Khamenei was ​killed in strikes on Iran by the U.S. and ⁠Israel on the first day of their air war.

Hezbollah’s strikes against Israel have prompted Israel to bombard Hezbollah strongholds in Beirut and southern Lebanon, forcing hundreds of thousands to leave their homes.

The force and frequency of Iranian missile launches will increase and their range will become wider, state media cited the commander of the Revolutionary Guards Aerospace Force as saying.

From now on, no missiles will be launched with warheads lighter than one ton, Majid Mousavi said.

The UK’s defence secretary John Healey said 37,000 British nationals have been evacuated since the start of the crisis in the Middle East.

He said: “Three chartered flights have now taken off, with more to come this week.

“More than 170,000 people have registered their presence, which has allowed us to get them information and support and advice that they need.

“More than 37,000 British nationals have been evacuated since the start of the crisis response, and as the Prime Minister said last week, we will not stop until our people are safe.”

Iran says it ‘does not want to harm ordinary Americans’ and mocks US operation

Iran’s foreign minister Abbas Araghchi said earlier that, “Iran does not want to harm ordinary Americans who overwhelmingly voted to end involvement in costly foreign wars.”

In his post on X, he added:

Blame for surging gas prices, costlier mortgages, and pummeled 401(k)’s lies squarely with Israel and its dupes in Washington.

In a prior post, Araghchi took further aim at the United States for destabilising oil prices with its strikes on Tehran.

He branded the US military campaign “Operation Epic Mistake” (instead of “Operation Epic Fury”) and shared a screenshot of global oil prices.

We know the US is plotting against our oil and nuclear sites in hopes of containing huge inflationary shock. Iran is fully prepared.

And we, too, have many surprises in store.

With oil prices soaring and stock markets falling, my colleague Luca Ittimani has this explainer on why the US-Israeli war on Iran has sparked fears of stagflation for the global economy:

British jets intercept drones heading towards Jordan and Bahrain

RAF fighter jets have carried out military action to defend the nations of Jordan and Bahrain overnight, the UK’s Ministry of Defence said earlier.

The jets successfully took out an uncrewed aerial system “in defence of Jordan” and intercepted a drone heading in the direction of Bahrain, it said.

The UK has also started conducting defensive flights in support of the United Arab Emirates, the ministry added.

It also said that additional Wildcat helicopters have arrived in Cyprus after a British airbase there was hit by a drone attack last week.

Turkey summons Iran envoy over missile that entered airspace

Turkey has summoned Iran’s ambassador after an Iranian ballistic missile entered Turkish airspace earlier.

Turkey’s president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan urged Tehran to refrain from any actions that “cast a shadow over our thousand-year neighbourly and brotherly ties” saying it was continuing to take “extremely wrong and provocative steps” despite “sincere warnings” from Ankara.

The ballistic missile was fired from Iran and entered Turkish airspace before being shot down by Nato in the eastern Mediterranean. Some debris from the missile fell in an empty field in Gaziantep.