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Trump says US will ‘be taking’ Kharg Island in latest Iran war threat

News, Trump said taking Kharg Island has always been his “preference”. “I don’t know that America has the stomach for it, to be honest,” he added, saying he was still averse to deploying boots

Russian superyacht sails through Strait of Hormuz despite blockade

talks this week as its standoff with the US over the strait's re-opening continues. Approximately one-fifth of global crude oil and liquefied natural gas (LNG) supplies normally pass through the waterway. Mordashov

Prediction platform Polymarket in talks to raise funds at up to $15bn valuation

talks to raise $400m (£296m) at a valuation of up to $15bn. The company has gained notoriety in recent months over wagers placed on the Middle East conflict, including on the timing of US-Israel

Strait of Hormuz is hosting gunboat diplomacy as US and Iran vie for most effective blockade

talks until the US blockade is lifted. The cargo tracking firm Vortexa has reported that at least 34 tankers linked to Iran have circumvented the US blockade since it began, with 19 exiting the Persian

‘Leave Kyiv’: Why Russia’s latest Ukraine threat is a major escalation

news agency.  People watch as a building burns after a Russian missile

Trump heads to China for state visit. And, how the war in Iran has affected inflation

news you need to start your day.* ### Today's top stories **President Trump leaves for a state visit to China today.** It will be his first visit to Beijing during his second term. Trade will

What we know about Iran’s response to the latest US ceasefire proposal

news agency IRNA reported. Trump, however, stated that while Iran’s 10-point plan was a “significant proposal”, it was “not good enough”. That proposal from Iran – on April 7 – had come in response

Iran’s gunboat fires on container ship off Oman coast

news agency reported. It accused Washington of violating the ceasefire and carrying out “armed piracy” after allegedly firing on the Iranian vessel and disabling its navigation systems. ## Trump extends ceasefire Trump earlier announced he would

Middle East crisis live: Lebanon hit by one of the heaviest days of Israeli bombing in weeks

news agency NNA reported on Wednesday. It said 14 people were killed in the town of Burj al-Shamali in southern Lebanon, including two children and three women. ![A photograph of a child lies

‘Won’t be anything left’: Trump issues threat to Iran amid stalled talks

talks United States President Donald Trump has reiterated his threats against Iran, as negotiations to end the conflict between the two countries continue to flounder. In a Sunday morning post on his platform Truth Social

Germany’s Merz downplays rift with Washington despite US troop drawdown

talking about” and threatening to withdraw American soldiers. On Friday, US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered the withdrawal of around 5,000 American soldiers over the next 12 months. That’s expected

Trump threatens to seize control of Iranian oil and gas facilities as tensions escalate

News that he would rather avoid hitting Iranian bridges and power plants, despite having threatened to do so earlier in the week. The latest comments came after Iran and the US traded strikes

First Thing: Huge climate cost of emissions from US immigration enforcement flights

talks in Qatar. US forces targeted missile launch sites and boats attempting to lay mines, US Central Command (Centcom) said on Tuesday, but stressed that the strikes did not indicate the ceasefire with Iran

Iran war day 97: Tehran says no progress in talks; Israel attacks Lebanon

talks in Washington, with the deal requiring an end to Hezbollah fire, the withdrawal of Hezbollah operatives from south of the Litani River, and the establishment of security zones under the exclusive control of Lebanese

Macron and Starmer host allies for summit on Hormuz maritime security

talks will focus on what has been formally branded the Strait of Hormuz Maritime Freedom of Navigation Initiative, a defensive mission to restore free passage through the waterway once a lasting ceasefire

How Lebanon became the breaking point for the Iran war ceasefire

news agency reported. “Tehran had been tolerating recent Israeli attacks on southern Lebanon but drew a red line on Beirut,” senior fellow at the Center for International Policy and founder of The Iran Podcast, Negar

Iran launches missiles at Israel in response to strikes on Beirut

Trump told NBC News he was not demanding that Lebanon be part of any peace deal with Iran, claiming again that such an agreement, which has so far proved elusive, was near. “I think they

Was the Iran war the final blow in the collapse of Spirit Airlines?

talks with the Trump administration to secure a $500m bailout failed. Experts say a spike in aviation fuel prices from the US-Israel war on Iran dealt the final blow to the struggling airline that

EU formally approves €90bn Ukraine loan and 20th sanctions package against Russia

news.” The European Commission president welcomed both agreements, finalised after [Hungary lifted its veto](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/22/eu-unblocks-loan-ukraine-new-sanctions-russia-hungary-lifts-veto). Von der Leyen said: “While [Russia](https://www.theguardian.com/world/russia) doubles down on its aggression, we are doubling down

Why the Iran conflict is becoming a problem for BRICS

talks](/news/2026/4/12/us-and-iran-fail-to-reach-peace-deal-after-marathon-talks-in-pakistan) in Islamabad last month, have stalled. The US also imposed a [naval blockade](/news/2026/4/14/how-much-will-us-hormuz-blockade-hurt-iran-and-does-tehran-have-an-escape) on Iranian ports on April 13. The BRICS meeting coincided with [US President Donald Trump’s state visit](/news/2026/5/14/trump-xi-discuss-strait-of-hormuz-as-chinese-vessels-transit-key-waterway