US-Iran warfare stay updates: US hits Iranian missile websites close to Hormuz; Trump says ‘forward of schedule’ in warfare

US Iran warfare LIVE updates: After a navy takeover of Venezuela and an ongoing warfare with Iran, US President Donald Trump is now eyeing one other energy seize, this time nearer to house.

Throughout a press briefing on Monday, Trump made his plans public: a attainable takeover of the communist island of Cuba, which plunged into darkness following a complete blackout after a US-led oil blockade.

“I do imagine I will be having the dignity of taking Cuba. I feel that is a giant honour. Taking Cuba in some kind,” Trump instructed reporters on the White Home.

“Whether or not I free it, take it — assume I might do something I would like with it, you need to know the reality. They are a very weakened nation proper now,” he added.

The comment comes as Cuba plunged into darkness after the nation’s electrical grid suffered a complete collapse on Monday after weeks of crippling oil embargo imposed by the US.

US Iran warfare LIVE updates: Israel claimed on Tuesday to have killed Iran’s safety chief, whereas a senior Iranian official stated the brand new supreme chief had rejected de-escalation gives conveyed by intermediaries, demanding Israel and the U.S. first be “dropped at their knees”.

The senior official, who requested to not be recognized, stated two middleman nations had conveyed proposals to Iran’s Overseas Ministry for “lowering tensions or ceasefire with the USA”. The official didn’t give additional particulars of the proposals or the intermediaries.

Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, who had held his first overseas coverage session since being named supreme chief, had responded that it was not “the suitable time for peace till the USA and Israel are dropped at their knees, settle for defeat, and pay compensation”, the official stated.

He didn’t make clear whether or not Khamenei, who has not but been pictured since being named final week to switch his slain father, had attended the assembly in individual or remotely. (Reuters)

US Iran warfare LIVE updates: Iran’s ambassador to Russia, Kazem Jalali, has denied a media report that the nation’s new Supreme Chief Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei is receiving medical remedy in Moscow, the state TASS information company reported on Tuesday.

Kuwaiti newspaper Al-Jarida reported over the weekend that the 56-year-old, who was reported to have been severely injured in a U.S.-Israeli airstrike that killed his father, had been moved to Moscow for medical remedy following President Vladimir Putin’s private invitation. (Reuters)

US Iran warfare LIVE updates: Gasoline costs for UK drivers hit their highest stage in over 18 months after a second week of sharply rising prices in response to the battle within the Center East.

Unleaded petrol was up 4.6 pence (6.1 cents) per liter to a mean of 140.28 pence on Monday in comparison with every week earlier, the very best stage since August 2024, and the most important weekly enhance for the reason that vitality market turmoil in 2022, authorities information confirmed. Diesel costs have been up virtually 10 pence per liter to 158.78 pence, the very best since late 2023.

The figures lay naked how an inflationary hit from the US and Israeli warfare with Iran is already filtering by means of to UK customers. Costs on the forecourt have surged after Brent crude rocketed above $100 per barrel as Iran disrupted commerce by means of the Strait of Hormuz and dragged extra oil-producing nations into the battle. (Bloomberg)

US Iran warfare LIVE updates: Iran’s Overseas Minister Seyyed Abbas Araqchi held talks with UN chief Antonio Guterres, elevating considerations over what he described as continued US and Israeli navy aggression within the area.

He referred to as on the United Nations to explicitly condemn the actions and maintain these accountable accountable below worldwide regulation, linking tensions within the Strait of Hormuz to the broader regional battle.

US Iran warfare LIVE updates: Israel’s defence minister Israel Katz claimed on Tuesday that Iran’s safety chief Ali Larijani was killed, reported information company Reuters. Nonetheless, there was no affirmation from Tehran but.

US Iran warfare LIVE updates: Iran’s high safety official and the pinnacle of the Revolutionary Guard’s Basij militia have been each killed in in a single day strikes in a blow to the nation’s management, Israel’s protection minister stated Tuesday, whereas Tehran defiantly fired new salvos of missiles and drones at its Gulf Arab neighbors and Israel.

Each safety official Ali Larijani and Gen. Gholam Reza Soleimani have been “eradicated final evening,” Israeli Protection Minister Israel Katz stated in a press release. Iran’s 86-year-old Supreme Chief Ayatollah Ali Khamenei died in an airstrike Feb. 28, the primary day of the warfare launched by the USA and Israel, and different high leaders from the Iranian theocracy have been killed since then.

Iranian state media didn’t instantly verify both demise. Nonetheless, it stated a message from Larijani’s workplace could be printed shortly. (AP)

US Iran warfare LIVE updates: France strongly condemns the photographs fired a number of occasions at troopers of the United Nations Interim Power in Lebanon (UNIFIL) yesterday.

Iranian state media has stated {that a} message from the nation’s safety chief, Ali Larijani, whom Israeli media had stated IDF focused in strikes on Tehran, will probably be printed quickly.

The Israeli navy has stated that it killed the chief of Basij, an IRGC volunteer militia, Gholam Reza Soleimani, Reuters has reported.

Iran is but to verify or deny the Israeli declare.

China stated on Tuesday it’s going to present humanitarian help to Center Japanese nations, together with Iran and Lebanon, focused in US and Israeli strikes within the battle now in its third week.

Beijing is an in depth accomplice of Iran and has urged the USA and Israel to stop their assaults on the nation, whereas additionally criticising Tehran’s strikes in opposition to Gulf states housing US navy bases.

China’s overseas ministry spokesman Lin Jian stated the warfare had precipitated “grave humanitarian catastrophes” in Iran and different Center Japanese nations.

“China has determined to supply emergency humanitarian help to Iran, Jordan, Lebanon and Iraq. It’s hoped it will assist alleviate the humanitarian plight confronted by the native populations,” Lin instructed a press convention, with out offering additional particulars.

“China will proceed to make each effort to advertise peace and cease the warfare… and to forestall additional spreading of the humanitarian disaster,” he added.

5 Lebanese troopers have injured in an Israeli air strike on a automotive and a motorbike in Qaqaiyat al-Jisr, southern Lebanon, the nation’s military stated in a press release.

Iranian deputy overseas minister Saeed Khatibzadeh warned {that a} potential US floor invasion of Iran could be defeated.

“Simply learn what occurred in Vietnam,” the diplomat instructed Sky Information in an interview aired on Monday. He argued that American troops would face an identical destiny in Iran.

“They perceive that those that dragged them into this warfare may also drag them right into a quagmire,” he stated.

Israeli media stated on Tuesday that the navy has focused Iran’s safety chief Ali Larijani, including that it was not instantly clear whether or not he was killed or injured.

Iran has not but commented on the report.

The important thing port of Fujairah within the United Arab Emirates has suspended oil loadings, Bloomberg Information reported, citing a transport agent and a supply conversant in the matter.

This marks the most recent disruption after a collection of war-related strikes on the nation’s solely crude export route exterior the Strait of Hormuz.

Loading berths on the Fujairah Oil Tanker Terminals, which deal with liquid cargo together with gas, have been suspended from Tuesday morning, in accordance with a notice from Inchcape Transport Providers.

A terminal run in a three way partnership with Dutch agency Koninklijke Vopak NV has additionally stopped operations at its offshore mooring level, the notice stated.

The worth of oil jumped greater than 5 p.c Tuesday as a number of nations pushed again in opposition to Donald Trump’s demand that they assist safe the important thing Strait of Hormuz, whereas Iran focused crude-producing neighbours.

US benchmark West Texas Intermediate was up 5.16 per cent at $98.32 a barrel whereas Brent Crude additionally rose above 5 per cent earlier than easing again.

Israeli warplanes have carried out two raids on Qaqaiyat al-Jisr in southern Lebanon’s Nabatieh district, the Nationwide Information Company is reporting.

The Israeli navy was additionally focusing on the outskirts of the city of Shebaa in southeastern Lebanon with heavy shelling, the company reported.

Iraq’s oil minister stated Baghdad is in touch with Iran to permit some oil tankers to go by means of the Strait of Hormuz, the state information company reported on Tuesday.

Iraq can also be working to renew exports by means of the Kirkuk-Ceyhan pipeline to Turkey because it seeks to offset disruptions to shipments attributable to the Hormuz disaster, after some vessels have been attacked off the Iraqi coast throughout transfers.

Al Jazeera is reporting that loud explosions are being heard within the Iranian capital, Tehran, in what appears to be like like renewed Israeli-US strikes.

At the least 12,000 housing models in Tehran have sustained partial or complete harm because of the ongoing US-Israeli assault, in accordance with town’s governor, Mohammad Sadegh Motamadian.

Mehr information company quoted Motamadian as saying that affected residents of Tehran can file their compensation claims earlier than the municipality workplace.

The ship-to-ship switch of LPG from mom vessel MT Nanda Devi to daughter vessel MT BW Birch will start immediately.

Sushil Kumar Singh, Chairman of the Deendayal Port Authority (DPA), went on board the vessel to facilitate and work together with the captain and crew of Nanda Devi.

That is the second LPG provider that arrived in India after efficiently passing by means of the Strait of Hormuz. On Monday night, the Indian provider LPG Shivalik, carrying 46,000 metric tonnes of liquefied petroleum gasoline, arrived on the Mudra Port. Of this, 20,000 MT will probably be unloaded at Mundra, whereas the remaining 26,000 MT is scheduled for Mangalore.

Earlier, the Chief Officer of the Nanda Devi vessel stated that the initiative was taken by the Ministry of Ports, Transport and Waterways and the Transport Company of India, with the Indian and Iranian navies offering the required help to cross the Strait of Hormuz.

“I wish to thank everybody who was concerned on this operation of crossing the Strait of Hormuz. The initiative was taken by the Indian Ministry, Transport Company of India, with the assistance of the Indian Navy and the Iranian Navy. Vessel transmitted the Hormuz safely, now it’s en path to Kandla, Gujarat and will probably be serving an enormous quantity of LPG, 46,000 metric tonnes. This may assist in the worldwide disaster of LPG. We’ll proceed to serve the LPG in future additionally,” he stated.

Britain and Ukraine are set to signal a defence partnership aimed toward addressing the specter of low-cost drones, Downing Road introduced forward of a go to from Ukraine’s chief on Tuesday.

Because the begin of the US-Israeli warfare with Iran late final month, Tehran has primarily used ballistic missiles to assault Israel however has relied on drones to strike targets in Gulf states.

The UK-Ukraine settlement will “enhance world defensive functionality in opposition to the proliferation of low-cost, high-tech navy {hardware}, together with drones”, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s workplace stated in a press release.

It seeks to leverage Ukraine’s “experience” in warding off drones from its years-long warfare with Russia, in addition to Britain’s industrial base, “to fabricate and provide drones and progressive capabilities”.

“Drones, digital warfare and fast battlefield innovation are actually central to nationwide and financial safety, and that has solely been additional magnified by the battle within the Center East,” Starmer stated within the assertion.

“By deepening our defence partnerships, we’re strengthening Ukraine’s skill to defend itself from Russia’s brutal, ongoing assaults, whereas guaranteeing the UK and our allies are higher ready to fulfill the threats of the longer term.”

Israel’s Well being Ministry has stated that 3,530 folks have been injured and dropped at hospitals for the reason that begin of the warfare with Iran.

There are at present 86 folks hospitalised, together with eight in severe situations, the ministry added.

The ⁠US ⁠navy presence within the Center East doesn’t ⁠convey safety, Iran’s Parliament Speaker Mohammad ⁠Baqer Qalibaf instructed state TV, declaring that regional ‌safety must be established by regional nations.

“The face and order of the Center East will ⁠change, however not in accordance ⁠to US plans. We, the Islamic nations of ⁠the area, will set up ⁠regional order and ⁠safety within the financial and safety dimensions,” Qalibaf stated, ‌including that US forces want to depart the ‌area.

Germany’s Lufthansa expects the dominance of Gulf carriers like Emirates and Qatar Airways on Asian routes to be diminished by the Iran warfare, CEO Carsten Spohr instructed enterprise journal Supervisor Magazin in an interview printed on Tuesday.

“The foremost hubs of the Gulf carriers are positioned in a area that’s now clearly uncovered to new dangers. What this implies for the way forward for world air journey stays to be seen,” he stated.