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strikes on the country’s south killed at least 15 people despite an ongoing ceasefire. - **Trump mulls US troop cuts in Italy, Spain:** The US president said he may pull US troops from Italy
Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei was killed on the first day of the US-Israeli war on Iran on February 28. Israel moved fast, pouring troops across the border and demolishing entire towns. Areas across
troops it said had been killed in American strikes on boats. Iranian state television separately reported blasts around Bandar Abbas, a city on the [Strait of Hormuz](https://www.theguardian.com/world/strait-of-hormuz) home to a military port
killing of the Iranian supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, as the US and Israel launched a war on Iran. Israel responded with widespread air strikes across Lebanon and another invasion of the country's south
strikes, to increase the intensity." Since the ceasefire agreement was signed on 16 April, Israeli attacks have been largely confined to the south of the country, where Israeli troops remain and from where Israel says
US armed forces’ joint chiefs of staff, who are testifying over the Pentagon’s record $1.45tn military budget submission. As with the [previous day’s appearance](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/29/pete-hegseth-denies-iran-war-is-a-quagmire-as-estimated-us-cost-so-far-hits-25bn) before the equivalent committee
killed in a single raid on the south despite a ceasefire in the Israel-Hezbollah war and claims that the US and Iran are about to reach a peace deal. Saturday’s strike
Iranian-backed militia and political party. According to Lebanon's health ministry, the attacks have killed more than 120 people across the country in the past week alone, including women and children. The ministry does
troop strength in Europe must not fall below 76,000. Congress set the benchmark after the withdrawal of a brigade last year from Romania, with both parties issuing a joint statement demanding a rigorous evaluation
troops supplied and out of danger for months, is more complex. “I suspect they would rather threaten an airborne assault or amphibious assault than actually conduct one,” says Matthew Savill from the Royal United Services
Iranian media that Ahmadinejad had been killed in a strike on his home. It later emerged that it was a security outpost outside his home in Narmak, northeast Tehran, that was hit – an attack confirmed
Iranian ports in response, and Trump this week abandoned a short-lived US naval operation to reopen the strait to commercial shipping. ## Fighting on Lebanon front A parallel ceasefire on the war’s Lebanon front
Iranian government “misbehaves” or does “something bad”. - The US is seeking to form an international naval coalition called the Maritime Freedom Construct (MFC) to restore freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz, which
Iranian-backed armed group Hezbollah launched rockets and drones into Israel in retaliation for the killing of Iran's supreme leader at the start of the war with Israel and the US. The IDF responded
troop pay increase – 7% for lower enlisted”. The ranking Democrat, Adam Smith of Washington, instead questioned whether the 50-60% spending increase would be responsibly managed **–** “we have every reason to doubt that”, he said
Iranian media said the US had failed to make any concrete concessions in its latest response** to Iran’s proposed agenda for negotiations to end the war. The Fars news agency said on Sunday that
US President Donald Trump announced a ceasefire deal between the governments of Israel and Lebanon on 16 April. Most of Israel's air strikes have hit southern Lebanon, with the military saying it is striking
Iranian armed forces are “fully prepared to confront any new potential attack by the US and the Israeli regime against the country”. ## War diplomacy - Mikhail Ulyanov, Russia’s envoy to international organisations in Vienna, suggested
strikes, according to Lebanese health officials. Hezbollah has also fired into Israel, killing at least 12 soldiers and two civilians, according to Israeli health authorities. Fighting between Israel and Lebanon began just days after
troops from [Europe](https://www.theguardian.com/world/europe-news), including Germany.”** He added that Europeans must take greater responsibility for their own security, and that Germany was “on the right track” in this regard. In other developments: - **Trump