- President Donald Trump has extended a pause on threatened strikes against Iran's energy facilities by 10 days, claiming the extension was at Tehran's request and that talks to end the war were "going very well".
- The Pentagon is considering sending another 10,000 troops to the Middle East, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal.
- Kuwait’s main port, Shuwaikh, has come under attack and sustained “material damage".
- US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth has claimed that Iran has missiles that can reach London.
- Mr Trump has launched a fresh tirade against UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer over his stance on the Iran war, referring to it as a “big mistake”.
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