Iran war live: Trump says ‘you’ll see things happening very soon’

US President Donald Trump has said, “very soon, you’ll see things happening” on Iran, while also praising Washington’s withdrawal of US troops from Iraq.
Iran says it received a US response to Tehran’s offer to reopen the Strait of Hormuz as the country’s senior leaders review Washington’s counter-proposal.US Defence Secretary claims American forces have ‘destroyed’ Iran’s military, crippled its nuclear ambitions
US forces have “destroyed” Iran’s navy, air force, defence systems, leadership and military-industrial capacity, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told a gathering of military leaders at Quantico Marine base outside Washington, DC.

Hegseth credited American troops with crippling Iran’s “conventional shield” and nuclear ambitions.

“These Americans [here] and their peers here have destroyed Iran’s navy, Iran’s air force, their defense system, their leadership and their military industrial capacity, their entire defense space,” Hegseth said. “Iran’s conventional shield has been crippled, and their nuclear ambitions have been crippled and laid bare for the world. You – this group – is ensuring Iran never gets a nuclear weapon.”

Hegseth said the Pentagon has undergone a “clear break” from its past, with a “singular mission” of war-fighting. He said the department had fired “nearly 10 percent of the generals and admirals across the force”, a figure he framed as “accountability” rather than the “purge” as some media have called it.

Hegseth said the Department’s three priorities — “reviving the warrior ethos, rebuilding the military and reestablishing deterrence” — had been achieved, crediting President Donald Trump and declaring the military “stronger than it has ever been in our nation’s history.”
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UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham said there were “strong indications” of Iranian involvement in the incident near the Royal Air Force (RAF) Fairford airbase in the UK used by the US military.
Lebanese Foreign Minister Youssef Raggi said stability in Lebanon required “ending the [Israeli] occupation” and the “handover of Hezbollah’s weapons”.
Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said the kingdom will not hesitate to respond firmly to any threat or attack seeking to undermine it.
US representatives introduce bill sanctioning expanding Israeli settlements
A group of Democratic lawmakers have introduced legislation to impose sanctions on individuals and entities building or expanding illegal Israeli settlements in the West Bank and Gaza.

The Stop the Settlements Act, led by Representatives Joaquin Castro, Madeleine Dean, Don Beyer, Greg Casar, Sara Jacobs and Veronica Escobar, would block new settlement construction or expansion through sanctions and a ban on importing goods made in settlements and outposts.

“Under Netanyahu’s government, settlers are engaged in a violent land grab that’s ripping Palestinians from their land,” said Representative Castro, calling settlement expansion “one of the greatest impediments to peace” and urging Congress to “use every tool we have available, including sanctions”.

Representative Dean said continued settlement construction violates international law and forms part of a “deliberate, expressed strategy” by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government to “geographically isolate Palestinian communities” and block a contiguous Palestinian state. She said the bill would target the funding settlers raise through the sale of goods abroad and called for the US to join allies including the UK, France and Canada in taking action.

Beyer pointed to settlement expansion in the E1 corridor bordering East Jerusalem as evidence of intent “to fatally undermine the viability of a future Palestinian state”, saying the legislation “puts teeth” on longstanding US policy.

Representative Jacobs added that continued US inaction amounts to supporting “Israel’s coordinated strategy to consolidate Israeli control and prevent Palestinian statehood.”

The bills mentioned that since December 2022, the Israeli government has approved more than 100 settlements in the West Bank, and Israeli settlers have established nearly 200 “additional outposts,” despite only six settlements approved in the past 30 years.

Yesterday, the Senate blocked a resolution that would have required President Donald Trump’s administration to report on the killing of nine Americans in the occupied West Bank and on Israel’s treatment of Palestinian children in military detention.