Latest updates:
As a tentative two-week ceasefire continues:
The US says it has stepped up its blockade of the Strait of Hormuz and it has ‘completely halted economic trade going into and out of Iran by sea’
Iran’s military has threatened to block the Red Sea if the US naval blockade continues
Donald Trump accused China of supplying Iran with weapons – and it emerged Iran used a Chinese spy satellite it secretly bought in 2024 to target US bases in the current war
Lebanon described preliminary talks with Israel in the US as ‘productive’ while Israel said the talks show the three countries ‘are on the same side of the equation’
Trump said it was ‘very possible’ the war would be over by the time King Charles visits the US later this month
He also suggested the special relationship with the UK ‘has been better’ and said ‘I think that I like Starmer’
Iran has not commented on Trump’s claims, but mediators are said to be close to extending the ceasefire
Source: DailyMailUK
