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An uncrewed vessel picked up two crew members of an Apache helicopter that went down on Monday, US officials tells CBS News.
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The on-again, off-again discussion around the Chagos Islands would appear to be back on. Those islands happen to contain the strategic Indian Ocean base of Diego Garcia. The United Kingdom, which controls the islands, balked at allowing American aircraft to use the base as a launching point for attacks on Iran, but Diego Garcia is well within range of Iran – and China, which the B-52 and B-2 bombers can reach from the Indian Ocean base.
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A Lebanese culture ministry official told the French news agency AFP on Monday that Israeli bombardment had damaged a UNESCO World Heritage site in the southern city of Tyre, as correspondents there reported damage at the site.
One of the oldest cities on the Mediterranean coast, Tyre, in antiquity, was at various times Phoenician, Persian, Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine.
The city is around 12 miles from Lebanon’s southern border with Israel, and its UNESCO World Heritage-listed ruins include the remains of Roman baths and a second-century triumphal arch and hippodrome.
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President Donald Trump wants to get an agreement signed with Iran, regardless of the strikes between Iran and Israel over the weekend.
Iran fired strikes at Israel over the weekend, and Israel Defense Forces later announced that “the Israeli Air Force struck military targets belonging to the Iranian terror regime in western and central Iran a short while ago.”
The Israeli Air Force struck military targets belonging to the Iranian terror regime in western and central Iran a short while ago.
— Israel Defense Forces (@IDF) June 8, 2026
“Israel and Iran must immediately stop ‘shooting,’” he posted to Truth Social early Monday morning.
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Iran lashed out at its neighbors Saturday after U.S. forces downed missiles Iran launched at targets in the Strait of Hormuz.
“U.S. forces intercepted multiple Iranian ballistic missiles and drones launched by Iran toward the Strait of Hormuz and Gulf neighbors,” U.S. Central Command posted on X.
“Iran fired seven ballistic missiles toward Kuwait and Bahrain hours after U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) shot down four Iranian one-way attack drones that were launched toward the Strait of Hormuz,” CENTCOM said.
“The attack drones posed an immediate threat to regional maritime traffic. U.S. forces subsequently struck Iranian coastal surveillance radar sites in Goruk and on Qeshm Island to defend against further maritime attacks.”
— U.S. Central Command (@CENTCOM) June 6, 2026
The post said Iran’s missile attacks achieved nothing.
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DONALD Trump has vowed to destroy Iran’s stocks of enriched uranium whether or not he makes a deal with the rogue nation.
As his bloody war on Iran reached its 100-day mark, Trump threatened: “We’re very close to a deal, or I’m going to blow the hell out of them.”
Trump told NBC in an interview recorded on Friday that the US could work with the Iranians to destroy the regime’s stocks of enriched uranium.
The U.S. House voted 215 to 208 on a resolution to end the Iran War. The resolution passed with the help of four Republicans who crossed the aisle to vote against their party’s President. The vote is symbolic as it most likely would not pass the Senate, and it certainly wouldn’t be signed into law by the President.
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The Israeli ambassador to the United States is slamming Hezbollah’s rejection of a peace agreement between Israel and Lebanon, saying they are “trying to destroy that hope.”
“There was real hope at the negotiating table for a new chapter of security and peace,” Ambassador Yechiel Leiter wrote on X. “Hezbollah and Iran are trying to destroy that hope. They must not succeed.”
Hezbollah, the Lebanon-based, Iran-backed militant group, was not involved in the negotiations taking part in Washington over the last several days, though it is the one striking Israeli troops in southern Lebanon and northern Israel.
“Israel will defend its citizens,” Leiter wrote. “Lebanon deserves a future shaped by its government-not by an Iranian-backed terrorist organization.”
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VIENNA — The U.N. nuclear watchdog has been unable to inspect nuclear facilities in Iran affected by the war last June according to a confidential report by the U.N. nuclear watchdog circulated to member states and seen Thursday by The Associated Press.
The International Atomic Energy Agency reported that it “cannot provide any information on the current size, composition or whereabouts of the stockpile of enriched uranium in Iran or whether Iran has suspended all enrichment-related activities.”
The IAEA warned that it was “unable to discharge its safeguards responsibilities” that it has under the Safeguards Agreement of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, adding that it is “indispensable and urgent” for Tehran to implement its obligations under that Treaty.
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Iran’s Supreme Leader has taken a chilling swipe at the US – but still hasn’t been seen in public since the start of the war more than three months ago.
Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei said in a statement that the “malicious enemy” has been defeated with “a decisive blow”. The message was read out on Thursday during a ceremony marking the 37th anniversary of the Islamic Republic’s founder Ruhollah Khomeini’s death, and said: “I tell the dear Iranian nation that the malicious enemy … is now experiencing a profound and meaningful humiliation, both on the military battlefield and in the public arena and it is now focused on trickery.
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He also insisted that for the war in Lebanon to end, Israeli forces must get out of the country.
“The end of the war in Lebanon also means the end of the occupation. That is, the end of the war must be accompanied by the withdrawal of the Zionist regime’s forces from the areas they have occupied,” he told the pro-Hezbollah Lebanese broadcaster.
His comments came as Israeli and Lebanese diplomats were to hold a second day of direct talks in Washington.
They are part of a fourth round of talks since the fighting in Lebanon erupted when Hezbollah fired rockets at Israel in retaliation for the killing of Iran’s supreme leader.
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US President Donald Trump said he hopes to eventually meet Mojtaba Khamenei, who has not been seen publicly since being named supreme leader and is believed to have been wounded in the strikes.
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- President Trump said he hopes to eventually meet Mojtaba Khamenei, who succeeded his father, Ali Khamenei, after US-Israeli strikes.
- Khamenei, 56, has not been seen publicly since being named supreme leader and is believed to have been wounded in the strikes.
- Iran’s Revolutionary Guards launched an attack on Kuwait’s airport on Wednesday, claiming it was retaliation for US strikes on an Iranian oil tanker and island.
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Federal agents swarmed a lavish $35 million Newport Coast mansion before dawn Wednesday and arrested an Iranian-born tech executive accused of secretly supplying American computer hardware to Iran’s military and nuclear programs.
Jamshid Ghomi, 63, a dual U.S.-Iranian citizen, was taken into custody after FBI agents descended on the sprawling estate inside an exclusive gated community in Newport Coast. He faces charges of conspiracy to violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Act and was expected to make his first court appearance Wednesday afternoon in Santa Ana federal court.
Prosecutors say Ghomi made millions by illegally exporting U.S.-made computer networking equipment to Iran and used an elaborate web of front companies and intermediaries to conceal the transactions.
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Vladimir Putin has suffered a humilating blow after Ukraine struck his £120million warship in a huge attack near St Petersburg. The corvette Boykiy was hit in Kronstadt – headquarters of the Kremlin’s Baltic Fleet. The vessel was seen engulfed in flames in a Ukrainian video.
The 343ft-long vessel was like a “sitting duck” despite promises that defences had been tightened this week due to the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum [SPIEF], hosted by the Russian dictator. One year ago, the Boykiy was guarding Putin’s sanctions-busting shadow fleet through the English Channel.
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American military forces carried out strikes on an Iranian island abutting the Strait of Hormuz in response to attempted Iranian drone and missile attacks, the latest clash between the two countries as President Trump pushes to strike a longer-term agreement with Iran.
U.S. Central Command said in a statement Tuesday it shot down three Iranian drones that targeted civilian mariners. Iran also launched ballistic missiles at U.S. allies in the Persian Gulf region that “all failed to hit their intended targets,” according to CENTCOM, including three missiles that were fired at Bahrain but were shot down by air defenses, and two missiles that “fell short or broke apart enroute” before hitting Kuwait.
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The US military said on Tuesday that it had intercepted and defeated a series of Iranian missile and drone attacks targeting regional neighbours, including Kuwait and Bahrain, while also carrying out self-defence strikes on Iran’s Qeshm Island, according to US Central Command. Follow our liveblog for the latest developments.
Iranian Revolutionary Guards say they attacked US Fifth Fleet and regional bases
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corps has attacked the US Fifth Fleet headquarters and an airbase and helicopters in a regional country using missiles and drones, Iranian media reported on Wednesday, in response to what the IRGC described as a US attack on a communications tower south of Qeshm Island.
IRGC navy also targeted a vessel it identified as Panaya with missiles in response to what it said was a US attack on an Iranian tanker near the Strait of Hormuz with a projectile that damaged the engine room, Iranian media reported.
“Disrupting the security of the Strait of Hormuz will carry a heavy price for the US military,” local media cited the IRGC as saying.
US military says it intercepted Iranian missile and drone attacks
The US military said on Tuesday that it had “successfully defeated” a series of Iranian missile and drone attacks on its regional neighbours, and conducted self-defence strikes on Iran’s Qeshm Island.
“Iran launched several ballistic missiles towards regional neighbours; however, all failed to hit their intended targets,” US Central Command said in a statement.
“Two Iranian missiles fired at Kuwait fell short or broke apart en route, and three missiles launched at Bahrain were immediately intercepted by US and Bahrain air defence forces.”
Welcome to the France 24 liveblog covering events in the Middle East. Catch up on yesterday’s events here.
• US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said President Donald Trump’s negotiating team has not offered Iran any sanctions relief in exchange for reopening the Strait of Hormuz.
• The first day of direct talks between ambassadors of Israel and Lebanon in Washington made no headway, after President Donald Trump said he had received commitments to de-escalation from both sides.
• Israel kept up strikes on southern Lebanon just a day after Trump ask
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President Donald Trump claimed Tehran pledged never to obtain a nuclear weapon, among other eye-catching claims, in a Wednesday interview at a crucial junction of the war with Iran.
In an interview with the New York Post’s Pod Force One podcast, the president gave updates on negotiations with Iran, its impact on his domestic agenda, and his perspective on political developments in the United States as the midterm races heat up.
Here are the biggest takeaways from Trump’s latest interview.
After President Trump had signaled the U.S. might scale back its military presence in Europe, he is now signaling both continued troop rotations AND increases in nuclear weapons deployment.
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The United Nations has issued an urgent plea for calm and respect for the agreed ceasefire after Israel pushed its offensive into Lebanon, a move that puts fragile US-Iran peace talks on the brink of collapse.
“We are deeply alarmed by the escalation in military activities across southern Lebanon and beyond,” Stephane Dujarric, spokesman for UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, said. “We urge all actors to respect the cessation of hostilities and avoid further escalation.”
The UN call came amid Israeli government ordered strikes on the southern suburbs of Beirut on Monday, a day after its ground forces reached their furthest point in Lebanon in 26 years and as Hezbollah fired rockets at northern Israel, including the outskirts of the coastal city of Haifa.
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Two senior advisers to Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei said Monday that Iran would retain control over the Strait of Hormuz and would not tolerate Israel’s continued offensive in Lebanon.
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A BRITISH couple jailed in Iran on trumped-up spy charges have lost an appeal against their brutal 10-year prison sentence.
Lindsay and Craig Foreman were not even allowed to attend their own trial, heartbroken family revealed.
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The United States bombed Iranian radar and drone control sites in Iran after Tehran shot down an American MQ-1 Predator drone this weekend, the US military said on Monday.
Iran acknowledged launching a retaliatory strike, while Kuwait said it was intercepting incoming drone and missile fire.
The duelling attacks reflect the fragility of a weeks-long ceasefire in the Iran war, which has seen repeated attacks even as American and Iranian officials try to negotiate a deal to extend it.
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A U.S. official said Sunday evening that Secretary Rubio spoke with both Lebanon’s President Josef Aoun and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over the weekend about the ongoing negotiations between Israel and Lebanon.
To advance the talks, the U.S. proposed a sequence of events that would see the Iranian-backed Hezbollah militia in Lebanon stop all attacks on Israel, and in return, Israel would refrain from escalation in Lebanese capital Beirut.
The idea is that those first steps would create space for gradual deescalation and an effective cessation of hostilities.
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The Geneva-based Mediterranean Shipping Company said Tuesday that all crew members from its container ship MSC Sariska V were safe and unharmed after the vessel was struck by projectiles off Iraq’s Persian Gulf coast the previous day. The company refuted claims of links to Israel or the U.S.
Video circulating Monday on social media showed damage to the MSC Sariska V’s starboard side after pro-Iran social media accounts and Iraqi media said the ship suffered an explosion off the coast of Umm Qasr, Iraq.
The British Navy’s Maritime Trade Operations Centre (UKMTO) said a vessel was hit by an unknown projectile in the same area, but it didn’t identify the ship.
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The commander of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Quds Force Esmaeil Qaani said on Monday that Israeli operations in Lebanon and Gaza will lead the Resistance Axis, Iran and its allies, to establish a similar traffic situation both in Bab El Mandeb and Hormuz strait, according to state media.
“The evil of the Zionists (Israel) in Lebanon and Gaza, in the shadow of the shameless support of America, will mark the determination of the resistance axis to expand support from both fronts, take steps to activate other fronts, and equate the traffic situation of the Bab El Mandeb Strait with the Strait of Hormuz”, Qaani said.
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Iran’s Tasnim News Agency, which has affiliations with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), reported that a potential memorandum of understanding (MOU) between Iran and the United States has not been finalized.
According to Tasnim, Iran has not notified the Pakistani mediator involved in the talks that any agreement text has been completed. The agency indicated that Iranian officials would inform both the mediator and the public once an MOU is ready.
This statement came in response to earlier reports on the same day from outlets such as Reuters and Axios, which described negotiators as having reached a draft MOU. Reuters reported that U.S. and Iranian negotiators had reached a memorandum of understanding concerning a 60-day extension of the existing ceasefire and the initiation of talks on Iran’s nuclear program.
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The United States and Iran reached an agreement on Thursday to extend their ceasefire and lift restrictions on shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, sources told Reuters, though U.S. President Donald Trump has yet to approve it and Iranian state media said it had not been finalized.
According to four sources familiar with the matter, the agreement would extend the truce for another 60 days and allow traffic to flow through the strategic waterway while negotiators tackle difficult issues such as Iran’s nuclear program.
If approved by leadership in Washington and Tehran, it would amount to the biggest step towards peace since the conflict began on February 28. News of the possible agreement came after a round of tit-for-tat attacks between the two countries, the latest such incident since the ceasefire took effect in early April.
Trump has not yet approved the deal, the sources said. The White House declined to comment, and Iran has yet to comment on news of the proposed deal, which was first reported by Axios.
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On Thursday’s broadcast of NewsNation’s “Katie Pavlich Tonight,” Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. Michael Leiter said that Iran has “1,700 centrifuges” capable of producing enriched material imminently, and those “have to be dismantled as well or at least completely taken out of the ability to be reconstituted.”
Leiter said, “[T]he best case scenario would be that they actually open it up as a result of any deal and turn it over, by inspectors that would come in, experts that would come in and assess that all of it has been removed. But it’s important to point out, they have 1,700 centrifuges that can produce nuclear weapons tomorrow — enriched material, I should say, tomorrow. So those have to be dismantled as well or at least completely taken out of the ability to be reconstituted.”
Earlier, he said that “we’re very confident, at the end of the day
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President Donald Trump will meet with his Cabinet on Wednesday after Iran’s Mizan news agency reported the framework of a deal is in place.
As he prepares to talk with his top aides, Trump has been projecting confidence that he’s closing in on a deal that will reopen the Strait of Hormuz and provide him a credible argument that Iran’s nuclear capability has been diminished enough to declare victory, winding down a conflict that’s been politically unpopular for Republicans.
Details over a nuclear agreement though remain unclear.