British defence secretary Wes Streeting has said the UK is not intimated by Tehran’s “sabre-rattling” after the IRGC warned the country could become a “definite and legitimate target” if it supports the US.
“We stand ready to respond to any attacks Iran wishes to wage against this country or our allies and we will continue to do that,” he told the BBC.
“I think we shouldn't put too much stock in the sabre-rattling of Iran, and we certainly shouldn't be intimidated by what the regime has said this week.”
A spokesperson for Iran's Revolutionary Guards said on Saturday that Britain would become a "definite and legitimate target" if it supported the US in any war with Tehran, according to Iranian state broadcaster IRIB, adding that US bombers had recently used British airfields.
Earlier, US president Donald Trump told French News Channel LCI, he is considering resuming a full-scale war with Iran “if we don’t get 100 per cent of what we want”.
Oman and Iran took part in “productive” talks surrounding the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday, a foreign ministry spokesperson said.
Key Points
- Iran accuses Ukraine of attacking its commercial vessel in Caspian Sea
- Oman-Iran talks over Strait of Hormuz were 'productive', says Tehran
- CNN says Vance, Caine raised concerns about escalating war in Iran
- War threatens to spread to Yemen
Wes Streeting says UK 'ready to respond' to Iran attacks after threats
11:30 , Maira Butt
British defence secretary Wes Streeting has said the UK is not intimated by Tehran’s “sabre-rattling” after the IRGC warned the country could become a “definite and legitimate target” if it supports the US.
“We stand ready to respond to any attacks Iran wishes to wage against this country or our allies and we will continue to do that,” he told the BBC.
“I think we shouldn't put too much stock in the sabre-rattling of Iran, and we certainly shouldn't be intimidated by what the regime has said this week.”
Why a new Houthi threat could widen the Iran war and cut off another key oil supply
11:00 , Maira Butt
While Saudi Arabia, a host nation for US forces, has not yet formally requested military assistance from Washington, Donald Trump suggested on Tuesday that any Houthi obstruction of shipping in the Red Sea – a crucial corridor for global trade – could draw the United States into the conflict. "If something like that happens, we'll take care of it. We've done that with the Houthis before," he told reporters.
Why a new Houthi threat could widen the Iran war and cut off another key oil supply
The four Iranian nuclear plants in Trump’s sights after president’s threat to hit Pickaxe Mountain
10:30 , Maira Butt
With the US-Iran ceasefire in tatters, Donald Trump has issued new threats against Tehran’s nuclear facilities in what would represent a significant escalation in the conflict.
The president’s latest target is Kuh-e Kolang Gaz La, or “Pickaxe Mountain,” a suspected underground facility that lies on the south side of Iran's Natanz nuclear enrichment site, one of those bombed by the US and Israel in June 2025.
Named Operation Midnight Hammer, the countries launched a series of attacks on several nuclear and military facilities more than one year ago. as part of a long-running ambition to thwart Tehran’s nuclear weapons programme.
The Iranian nuclear plants in Trump’s sights after threat to Pickaxe Mountain
Wes Streeting declines to say whether he trusts Donald Trump
10:00 , Maira Butt
Britain would be target if it supports US in war, Iran's Revolutionary Guards say
09:30 , Maira Butt
A spokesperson for Iran's Revolutionary Guards said on Saturday that Britain would become a "definite and legitimate target" if it supported the US in any war with Tehran, according to Iranian state broadcaster IRIB.
The spokesperson said any country, including Britain and Gulf states, that backed the US in a conflict would be considered a legitimate target, adding that US bombers had recently used British airfields.
Iran war spreads to Red Sea and Caspian, Gulf quiet as US forgoes strikes
09:00 , Maira Butt
The Iran war broadened over the weekend despite a pause in US strikes, as Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis attacked Saudi oil installations along the Red Sea coast and Iran accused Ukraine of targeting one of its vessels in the Caspian Sea.
The U.S. military said on Saturday its naval blockade against Iran "remains in full effect" but did not explain why it halted a streak of 13 nights of escalating strikes.
There were also no weekend reports of attacks by Iran on neighbours, similar to its daily rejoinders to the US attacks.
Asked about the pause, a senior official in President Donald Trump's administration said Trump "has always been clear that his preference is diplomacy, but he has shown Iran what will happen if they fail to come to the table in a serious way."
US military boards tanker in Arabian Sea
08:15 , Namita Singh
The US military said it boarded a tanker in the Arabian Sea on Saturday as part of its naval blockade of Iranian ports, according to reports.
The US Central Command (Centcom) said US forces have so far redirected 12 commercial vessels attempting to bypass the blockade, disabled two vessels that failed to comply, and boarded two ships for verification.
Oman-Iran talks over Strait of Hormuz were 'productive', says Tehran
07:45 , Maira Butt
Iran’s foreign ministry spokesperson has said that Tehran has discussed operation of the Strait of Hormuz with Oman this weekend and that the talks were “productive”.
They added that “technical and political consultations between the two sides are ongoing”.
CNN says Vance, Caine raised concerns about escalating war in Iran
07:30 , Namita Singh
US vice president JD Vance and Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen Dan Caine, both raised concerns about escalating the war in Iran during a White House meeting on Friday, the CNN reported, quoting a source familiar with the matter and a US official.
Gen Caine raised concerns about the US munitions stockpile and other potential negative implications, according to CNN.
War threatens to spread to Yemen
06:45 , Namita Singh
Houthi military spokesperson Yahya Saree said the group struck sites belonging to Saudi state oil company Aramco in the cities of Jizan and Yanbu on Saturday.
A large column of smoke rose from the direction of the Aramco refinery in Jizan, near the Yemeni border, video on social media verified by Reuters showed.
The refinery can process up to 400,000 barrels of crude oil daily. Two Asia-based trading sources said they had been informed of potential damage to fuel and oil storage sites at Jizan. Aramco did not respond to requests for comment.
In Yanbu, two missiles aimed at oil installations were intercepted. Yanbu, Saudi Arabia's main Red Sea oil port, has become a key route for Saudi oil skirting the Strait of Hormuz, which Iran has blockaded.
In Yemen, officials said the air force of the Saudi-backed, internationally recognised government, which has opposed the Houthis for more than a decade, struck Houthi sites in the Marib and al-Jawf provinces.
The officials said both sides in Yemen's civil war were mobilising forces along the front. Saudi Arabia has led an Arab coalition battling the Houthis since the Iran-aligned fighters captured Yemen's capital, Sanaa.
Iran accuses Ukraine of attacking its commercial vessel in Caspian Sea
06:00 , Namita Singh
Iran's foreign ministry accused Ukraine of attacking an Iranian commercial vessel in the Caspian Sea, saying one sailor was killed and another injured.
The ministry summoned Ukraine's chargé d'affaires in Tehran to protest over an attack it described as "hostile and criminal", state news agency IRNA said.
The Iranian denunciation coincided with comments by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky that Kyiv had noted Russia was passing on to Iran its satellite observations in ‘the Middle East, to enable it to direct strikes in the region.
Iran war spreads to Red Sea and Caspian but Gulf quiet as US forgoes strikes
05:15 , Namita Singh
The Iran war broadened over the weekend despite a pause in US strikes, as Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis attacked Saudi oil installations along the Red Sea coast and Iran accused Ukraine of targeting one of its vessels in the Caspian Sea.
The US military said its naval blockade against Iran "remains in full effect" but did not explain why it halted a streak of 13 nights of escalating strikes.
There were also no weekend reports of attacks by Iran on neighbours, similar to its daily rejoinders to the US attacks.
Asked about the pause, a senior official in president Donald Trump's administration said Trump "has always been clear that his preference is diplomacy, but he has shown Iran what will happen if they fail to come to the table in a serious way".
Trump has decided, for now, to back away from plans to ramp up attacks on Iran, the New York Times said on Saturday, citing two people briefed on the discussion.
Trump went on expletive-laden rant against ‘scumbags’ in Iran as his frustration with war mounts: report
03:00 , Rebecca Whittaker
President Donald Trump unleashed an expletive-filled rant against Iran’s leaders as he appears to be increasingly frustrated with the lack of progress in the war he started earlier this year, according to a report.
During a recent Oval Office meeting, the president called the Iranian leaders “scumbags” and “lunatics,” a person who overheard the remarks told The Wall Street Journal.
Roughly five months into the U.S.-Iran conflict, there has been limited progress on a peace deal, which has seen lengthy negotiations between the two sides.
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Trump went on expletive-ladden rant against Iran amid frustration with war: report
Watch: Trump inflates Vietnam war dead number by 142,000 as he defends Iran deaths
02:00 , Rebecca Whittaker
Experts warn the real pinch from the Iran war is about to strike
01:00 , Rebecca Whittaker
US gas prices will continue climbing for weeks — and maybe months — due to the resumption of President Donald Trump’s war against Iran, experts warn.
Patrick DeHaan, petroleum analyst for GasBuddy, said Friday on social media that while oil prices were “taking a breather for today” after recently surging by $20 a barrel, he’s still expecting the national average cost of a gallon of gas to soon reach $4.20 to $4.30.
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Experts warn the real pinch from the Iran war is about to strike
Watch: Trump says Iran war 'going extremely well' but warns regime has 'evil intentions'
Sunday 26 July 2026 00:00 , Rebecca Whittaker
Pictured: Protesters in Seoul denouncing the US attacks on Iran
Saturday 25 July 2026 23:00 , Rebecca Whittaker
Recap: Houthis fire missiles and drones at Saudi Arabia in response to strikes on a Yemeni city
Saturday 25 July 2026 22:00 , Rebecca Whittaker
Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels said that they fired missiles and drones at Saudi Arabia in response to Saudi airstrikes on the strategic Red Sea city of Hodeida, in another escalation over vital shipping routes in the Middle East while the United States and Iran vie for control of the Strait of Hormuz.
The Yemeni Armed Forces (YAF) spokesperson, Brigadier General Yahya Saree said in a prerecorded statement that the attack targeted facilities in the Red Sea cities of Yanbu and Jizan that belong to Aramco, the world’s largest oil company.
Saudi Arabia's civil defense said alerts sounded multiple times early Saturday in both cities, but the Kingdom hasn't commented further.
Watch: Rubio says Iran suffering in US strikes despite ‘stupid Lego videos’
Saturday 25 July 2026 21:00 , Rebecca Whittaker
Houthis fire missiles and drones at Saudi Arabia in response to strikes on a Yemeni city
Saturday 25 July 2026 20:30 , Rebecca Whittaker
Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels said Saturday that they fired missiles and drones at Saudi Arabia in response to Saudi airstrikes on the strategic Red Sea city of Hodeida, in another escalation over vital shipping routes in the Middle East while the United States and Iran vie for control of the Strait of Hormuz.
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Houthis fire missiles and drones at Saudi Arabia in response to strikes on a Yemeni city
Who are the Houthis? How rebel group could disrupt global trade amid Strait of Hormuz chaos
Saturday 25 July 2026 20:00 , Rebecca Whittaker
The Yemeni rebel group was formed in the 1990s as a political-religious Shia movement orchestrating a series of guerrilla wars against Yemen’s national army.
They currently control significant parts of northwestern Yemen, including its capital Sana’a, after seizing it following the country’s 2014 civil war when they forced the government to step down.
A Saudi-led, western-backed coalition took over, which the Houthis have spent years fighting with the assistance of Iran, before a UN-brokered deal in 2022. A Saudi and UAE bombing campaign against Houthi targets was launched in 2015 and drew criticism over civilian deaths, leading to calls for the UK to cease arms exports to Saudi Arabia.
Watch: US military says it completed 13th night of strikes against Iran
Saturday 25 July 2026 19:30 , Rebecca Whittaker
Trump claimed dead US soldiers spoke of stopping an Iranian nuclear bomb. Widow says her husband just wanted to come home
Saturday 25 July 2026 19:00 , Rebecca Whittaker
The widow of one of the four U.S. soldiers killed in the Middle East amid the recent escalation in the Iran war has told how her husband longed to return home to be with his family as the Iraqi base where he was stationed came under heavy bombardment.
Sgt. Michael Emmanuel Swinton, 30, was killed on July 19 at the Erbil Air Base in northern Iraq during a controlled detonation of an Iranian drone, the Defense Department said, leaving behind his wife Jamiah Swinton and their four-year-old daughter.
President Donald Trump, whose bombing campaign began on February 28 and has so far claimed the lives of 18 U.S. service members, said Wednesday that the fallen soldiers shared his view that Iran cannot be allowed to develop a nuclear weapon.
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Widow of US soldier killed in Iran says her husband just wanted to come home
Pictured: Anti-war demonstration outside the main gate of RAF Fairford airbase
Saturday 25 July 2026 18:30 , Rebecca Whittaker
An anti-war demonstration took place at RAF Fairford on Saturday following a US airstrike on Iran carried out by a B-1 bomber allegedly stationed at the base.
Recap: Iran accuses EU of 'hypocrisy' over war
Saturday 25 July 2026 18:00 , Rebecca Whittaker
Iran’s foreign ministry spokesperson has hit out at the European Union’s Kaja Kallas after she expressed concerns about human rights in the country.
On Saturday, Esmail Baghaei, wrote in a post on X: “Kaja Kalals speaks of the European Union’s ‘human rights concerns’ regarding Iran.
“How can a professed commitment to human rights be so easily reconciled with providing logistical and technical support for lethal aggressions against the Iranian people — aggressions that deliberately target civilians and critical national infrastructure?
“All while refusing to condemn even the most blatant war crimes, and offering not a single word of sympathy for Iranian children slaughtered by American-Israeli bombs and missiles enabled by the EU’s own ‘logistical and technical support.’
“This is not merely a loss of credibility. It is the banality of evil — and the purest form of hypocrisy.”
The US and Israel deny committing war crimes.
.@Kajakallas speaks of the European Union’s “human rights concerns” regarding Iran. How can a professed commitment to human rights be so easily reconciled with providing logistical and technical support for lethal aggressions against the Iranian people — aggressions that…
— Esmaeil Baqaei (@IRIMFA_SPOX) July 25, 2026
US gradually expands the scope of its attacks on Iran
Saturday 25 July 2026 17:30 , Rebecca Whittaker
The United States has gradually expanded the scope of its attacks against Iran over the course of two weeks of punishing airstrikes that increasingly resemble the war’s opening salvos.
After a brief ceasefire in June following the signing of an interim deal to end the conflict, a battle for control over the Strait of Hormuz erupted, shattering the truce and pushing the countries back to the precipice of an all-out war across the Middle East.
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US gradually expands the scope of its attacks on Iran
Watch: Trump says he takes Russia's Putin and China's Xi at their word over aiding Iran
Saturday 25 July 2026 17:00 , Rebecca Whittaker
Houthis fire missiles and drones at Saudi Arabia in response to strikes on a Yemeni city
Saturday 25 July 2026 16:30 , Rebecca Whittaker
Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels said that they fired missiles and drones at Saudi Arabia in response to Saudi airstrikes on the strategic Red Sea city of Hodeida, in another escalation over vital shipping routes in the Middle East while the United States and Iran vie for control of the Strait of Hormuz.
The Yemeni Armed Forces (YAF) spokesperson, Brigadier General Yahya Saree said in a prerecorded statement that the attack targeted facilities in the Red Sea cities of Yanbu and Jizan that belong to Aramco, the world’s largest oil company.
Saudi Arabia's civil defense said alerts sounded multiple times early Saturday in both cities, but the Kingdom hasn't commented further.
The 'rockets and feathers' effect: Inflation eases but grocery bills do not
Saturday 25 July 2026 16:00 , Maira Butt
Economics has a term for what U.S. grocery prices have done in recent years: rockets and feathers.
Rockets, because the cost of food eaten at home zoomed up in the aftermath of the pandemic. Feathers, because once prices rise, they’re slow to come down.
That’s been frustrating for Americans hit with the sharpest increase in grocery prices in 50 years. While food price inflation peaked in 2022, when prices jumped 11.4%, prices have not reversed course. An acceleration inflation after the U.S. and Israel attacked Iran has prolonged the aggravation.
The 'rockets and feathers' effect: Inflation eases but grocery bills do not
The four Iranian nuclear plants in Trump’s sights after president’s threat to hit Pickaxe Mountain
Saturday 25 July 2026 15:30 , Maira Butt
With the US-Iran ceasefire in tatters, Donald Trump has issued new threats against Tehran’s nuclear facilities in what would represent a significant escalation in the conflict.
The president’s latest target is Kuh-e Kolang Gaz La, or “Pickaxe Mountain,” a suspected underground facility that lies on the south side of Iran's Natanz nuclear enrichment site, one of those bombed by the US and Israel in June 2025.
Named Operation Midnight Hammer, the countries launched a series of attacks on several nuclear and military facilities more than one year ago. as part of a long-running ambition to thwart Tehran’s nuclear weapons programme.
The Iranian nuclear plants in Trump’s sights after threat to Pickaxe Mountain
Iran trolls ‘Little Marco’ with Lego clip after Rubio claims he’s never seen ‘their stupid videos’
Saturday 25 July 2026 15:01 , Maira Butt
Iran has trolled U.S. secretary of state Marco Rubio after he hit out at the “stupid Lego videos” that have spoofed the war on social media.
Speaking to reporters on Thursday, Rubio acknowledged the viral clips – while he insisting he had never seen them – when he was asked about the current state of negotiations with Iran.
“They’re probably not ready to do a deal yet, but they will be soon because the price they’re paying is very high despite their tough talk and their flowery language and their stupid Lego videos they put out – I’ve never seen them, but they put these things out on social media,” he said.
“Despite all that bravado, they are suffering tremendously, and they’re going to suffer more until they come to their senses.”
Iran trolls Rubio with Lego clip after claiming he’s never seen the ‘stupid videos’
Watch: Trump inflates Vietnam war dead number by 142,000 as he defends Iran deaths
Saturday 25 July 2026 14:30 , Maira Butt
Trump White House had four killed soldiers taken off Pentagon’s list of Iran war dead, sparking backlash: report
Saturday 25 July 2026 14:00 , Maira Butt
In the last two days, the Pentagon reportedly reduced the announced U.S. service member death toll in the Iran war from 18 to 14.
Three military officials told The New York Times that the revision was in part because the most recent four deaths — three in Jordan and one in Iraq — came after President Trump declared an initial ceasefire in April.
“The administration seems to have a real hard time being honest about what is going on — not just about casualties, but about the whole war in general,” retired Lt. Gen. Ben Hodges, who served in the first Trump administration, told the paper.
Trump officials had four killed soldiers taken off Iran war death list: report
Mapped: Yemeni rebel Houthis threaten maritime blockade on Saudi Arabia
Saturday 25 July 2026 13:30 , Maira Butt
Trump says ‘I trust’ Putin and Xi — contradicting Hegseth about Iran war allies
Saturday 25 July 2026 13:00 , Maira Butt
President Donald Trump on Friday said he does not believe the Russian or Chinese governments are providing military or intelligence assistance to Iran — based solely on the denials of their leaders — contradicting the assessment of his own defense secretary during a Senate hearing just days ago.
Taking questions in the Oval Office during an appearance focused on nuclear energy, Trump was asked to defend a Truth Social post in which he claimed Chinese President Xi Jinping had said “he would not, under any circumstances, give or sell Weapons to the Islamic Republic of Iran” and said Russia’s Vladimir Putin had promised, “he would not sell Weapons to Iran.”
He also wrote that in his view, both countries were “not participating” in Iran’s ongoing conflict with the U.S. while warning that “it would be very bad for them” if they did.
Trump says ‘I trust’ Putin and Xi — contradicting Hegseth about Iran war allies
Who are the Houthis? How rebel group could disrupt global trade amid Strait of Hormuz chaos
Saturday 25 July 2026 12:30 , Maira Butt
The Yemeni rebel group was formed in the 1990s as a political-religious Shia movement orchestrating a series of guerrilla wars against Yemen’s national army.
They currently control significant parts of northwestern Yemen, including its capital Sana’a, after seizing it following the country’s 2014 civil war when they forced the government to step down.
A Saudi-led, western-backed coalition took over, which the Houthis have spent years fighting with the assistance of Iran, before a UN-brokered deal in 2022. A Saudi and UAE bombing campaign against Houthi targets was launched in 2015 and drew criticism over civilian deaths, leading to calls for the UK to cease arms exports to Saudi Arabia.
Trump claimed dead US soldiers spoke of stopping an Iranian nuclear bomb. Widow says her husband just wanted to come home
Saturday 25 July 2026 12:00 , Maira Butt
The widow of one of the four U.S. soldiers killed in the Middle East amid the recent escalation in the Iran war has told how her husband longed to return home to be with his family as the Iraqi base where he was stationed came under heavy bombardment.
Sgt. Michael Emmanuel Swinton, 30, was killed on July 19 at the Erbil Air Base in northern Iraq during a controlled detonation of an Iranian drone, the Defense Department said, leaving behind his wife Jamiah Swinton and their four-year-old daughter.
President Donald Trump, whose bombing campaign began on February 28 and has so far claimed the lives of 18 U.S. service members, said Wednesday that the fallen soldiers shared his view that Iran cannot be allowed to develop a nuclear weapon.
But his heartbroken widow would not be drawn on that notion in an interview with The New York Times, and instead painted a picture of a devoted husband and father who just wanted to be reunited with his family in Spring Lake, North Carolina.
Widow of US soldier killed in Iran says her husband just wanted to come home
