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Make a deal or attacks will be ‘more brutal’, Trump warns Iran after Israel hits nuclear and military sites

 

• Israel’s military says Iran fired about 100drones towards its territory, many of which were intercepted, after Israel carried out waves of strikes on Iranovernight israel.

 

• The IDF says it carried out strikes  israel  nonnuclear sites and says Revolutionary

 

Guard chief Hossein Salami and other commanders have been killed israel.

 

• Iran says six scientists have been killed, with state TV reporting that civilians, including children are among the dead-this has not been independently verified

 

• US President Donald Trump urges Iran to make a deal on its nuclear programmer, warning of “even more brutal” Israeli attacks – Iran accused the

 

US of supporting Israel’s strikes, which the US denied israel

 

• Israel’s PM Netanyahu will speak with Trump later, as well as UK PM Strangerland Russia’s President Putin

 

In the last hour, Israel has said it is continuing to carry out strikes on Iran. This comes after it killed several senior IRGC Commanders and nuclear scientists in a major overnight attack on Iran. israel

 

Here’s a quick recap of what else has been happening today:

 

• Israel claims Iran has been taking steps to weaponize its nuclear programmer – Iran denies this

 

• Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has vowed “severe punishment” for the attack. Iran launched around 100 drones towards Israel this

 

morning, according to the Israeli military, which says many were intercepted israel

 

Inside Iran, state media is reporting that civilians, including children, are among the dead following Israeli strikes – this has not been

 

independently verified israel

 

• Key Iranian commanders have been killed, including the chief of staff of the armed forces, and the commander-in-chief of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (|RGC)

Many world leaders have called for restraint on both sides. Trump has urged Iran to “make a deal” on its nuclear programmed, “before there is nothing left” israel

• Elsewhere, our Middle East correspondent Hugo Bucheger Hassanalis’d how Israel managed to penetrate deep inside Iran

• And our North America israel

correspondent Nomia lobal has been taking a look at how Trump’s position could divide his base

 

Iranian threat took ‘dramatic turn’, Israeli ambassador says israel

Some more now from Israel’s ambassador to the UN, who’s continuing to give an update on last night’s strikes on Iran.

Danny Danon tells reporters that in “recent months, the Iranian threat took a dramatic turn”, as he claims the country” advanced significantly” in its nuclear capabilities. israel

Iran has enough material for “multiple nuclear weapons’, Danon claims. He adds that his country also found evidence that Iran had planned a surprise attack and planned to “invade”.

Israel “acted to protect our citizens”, the ambassador says. israel

“We won’t sit quietly while our people a retargeted, not again, not ever. Empty words will not stop Iran. Israel will.”

 

We’re now hearing from Israel’ ambassador to the United Nations, who is delivering an update on the strikes that Israel carried out against Iran overnight. israel Speaking at the UN, Danny Danon says the strikes were “necessary action” in the face of a threat from Iran.

You can watch his statement by pressing watch live at the top of this page and we’ll also bring you the key lines here.

 

US President Donald Trump has been speaking to US media outlets this israel

morning and has taken to praising Israel’s attack on Iran..

He confirmed to the Wall Street Journal that he was informed about Israel’s plans ahead of time. When asked about the extent of this, Trump said: “it wasn’t ahead up. It was, we know what’s going on.”

He called the operation “a very successful attack, to put it mildly”. israel

In a separate interview with ABC News, he expressed a similar sentiment, describing the strikes as “excellent”,

“We gave them a chance and they didn’t take it,” he said, echoing his Truth Social post from earlier this morning. israel

“They got hit hard, very hard. They got hit about as hard as you’re going to get hit. And there’s more to come. A lot more.”

 

I’ve just arrived at the White House, which is buzzing with activity as the world’s media continues to react to the Israelis trikes on Iran.

Fridays are normally fairly calm here – by this administration’s standards – with only handful of events before Trump’s usual departure for the weekend.

Today, however, there are dozens of reporters trickling in from around the world. Walking in, l heard reporters speaking to cameras in Italian, Spanish, French, Arabic and Kurdish. israel

President Trump is scheduled to meet his National Security Council in the next 30minutes.

That meeting will take place behind closed doors in the West Wing – so we won’t get any visuals or updates as to what’s happening.

 

Israeli military says it’s continuing to strike targets’ in israel

Iran

A bit earlier, our reporter in Jerusalem said there were reports that Israel’s strikes across Iran were ongoing as part of its ‘Operation Rising Lion’.

We can now bring you confirmation from the Israel Defense Forces, which says it “continues to attack targets in Iranian territory”. israel

Israel began carrying out a wave of strike son Iran overnight, with the IDF saying it targeted nuclear sites and military chiefs. Revolutionary Guard chief Hossein Salami and other senior military figures have been assassinated, the IDF and Iran confirmed. israel

Iran says six scientists have been killed, with state media reporting that civilians, including children, are among the dead -this has not been independently verified.

 

The large-scale Israeli attacks appeared to have three main objectives: israel

Damage Iran’s nuclear programmer

Degrade its defiance capabilities

• And assassinate part of its military and scientific leadership israel

The strategy, which would have been years in the making, seems similar to Theone Israel successfully applied against Hezbollah, the Iranian-backed group in Lebanon, that was severely weakened in last year’s war.

And just like it did with Hezbollah, Israel managed to penetrate deep inside Iran. israel

It had detailed and accurate information about some of the country’s top military officials and scientists, while some of the strikes were launched from inside Iranian territory.

The timing of the attack may have comes a surprise, but Israeli officials have forbears raised concerns about Iran’s nuclear programme, describing it as an existential

 

Israel’s air strikes on Iran have led to a big jump in the oil price. israel

But there’s been a more muted response on the New York stock markets as the open, suggesting traders aren’t sure how bad things will get.

The S&P 500 and Nasdaq are both downless than 1% in the first hour of trading. israel

The importance of oil to creating energy for manufacturing and its many other uses mean that does have the potential to push up prices for goods as well as filling up our cars.

As I write, benchmark Brent Crude is up just over 7% at almost $73 a barrel, which is a lot less than the 13% we saw earlier.

Whether it stays there will be dictated by how long these tensions last. israel

 

• French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz both call on Iran and Israel to exercise restraint, as they condemn

Iran’s nuclear programmer and – in this context – “reaffirm that Israel has aright to defend itself” israel

• UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has urged Iran and Israel to “step back and reduce tensions urgently”

• Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said in a statement that Israeli strikes are a “clear provocation that disregards international law”

Oman, which is mediating the Iran-USnuclear talks on Sunday, said it “holds Israel responsible for this escalation and its consequences”

• Saudi Arabia has denounced Israel’s strikes, saying they “constitute a clear violation of international laws and norms” israel

 

Israeli military says its air force intercepted a drone

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) says its Airforce and navy have intercepted an “unmanned aircraft”, which it claims was launched from Iran.

In a post on X, the IDF also includes video footage of what looks like missile fire followed by an explosion. israel