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- US President Donald Trump says he expects the war on Iran to be over “very soon”, boasting that the US and Israel have carried out “some of the most complex military strikes and manoeuvres the world has ever seen”.
- Oil prices stabilised following Trump’s remarks, after having surged by more than 25 percent earlier in the day to their highest levels since mid-2022, as some major producers slashed supplies and fears of prolonged shipping disruptions gripped the market.
- An eighth US soldier has been confirmed killed a day after Trump paid tributes at a ceremony honouring soldiers who died in the 10-day war on Iran.
- Iran’s military and political leaders have pledged allegiance to Mojtaba Khamenei, who was named to replace his killed father, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, as the country’s new supreme leader.
- Iran’s Foreign Ministry says the US-Israeli attacks aim “at partitioning our country to take illegal possession of our oil riches”.
- Visit our live tracker for the latest on casualty figures from across the region.