Trump Declares U.S.-Iran Ceasefire Over as Strikes Resume, Oil Prices Surge

Attacks on three locations across Iran came after three tankers in the strait of Hormuz were targeted on Tuesday Middle East crisis – live updates The US military carried out strikes on Iran for a second day, hours after president Donald Trump said that an interim agreement to end the war was “over”. Late on Wednesday Iranian state media reported explosions in the port city of Bandar Abbas in the strait of Hormuz; in Sirik, another southern coastal city; and the south-western Bushehr province, home to Iran’s nuclear-power-plant complex. Continue reading...

Second night of strikes comes after Trump says ceasefire 'over', suggests talks for lasting peace will continue.

President Trump threatened more strikes against Iran after saying he believes the ceasefire is dead at the end of the NATO summit.

A wave of U.S. attacks were followed by Iranian strikes, halting ship traffic in the Strait of Hormuz again. Oil prices rose sharply.

US President Donald Trump said the Iran deal was "over" and said he'd agreed to grant Ukraine a license to produce Patriot missiles during a busty day -- our correspondent Zoriana Stepanenko reports from Ankara.

According to the report, the US president did not mention his disagreements over Greenland or Spain

Hostilities between US and Iran resume as US president lashes out at ‘vicious, violent people’. Plus the fall out from the USMNT’s exit from the Fifa World Cup Good morning. Hostilities have resumed between the US and Iran. Tehran accused the US of violating the agreement intended to end the war, after the US military launched strikes around the strait of Hormuz and revoked a temporary sanctions waiver for Iranian oil exports. The attacks were the latest in a string of ceasefire violations by the two sides despite a truce that came into effect in April, and have led to an immediate 3% rise in oil prices. Speaking at the Nato summit in Ankara, Donald Trump said the memorandum of understanding with Iran was over and called the country’s leaders “vicious, violent people” who he would not deal with because they were, in the US president’s words, “scum”. He nevertheless appeared to indicate that talks would continue. Nato’s ⁠secretary general, Mark Rutte, backed the US attacks, saying: “When you ​have ‌a ‌ceasefire and Iran ‌is basically violating the ceasefire, I think it is ‌totally crucial that the ​US forcefully react.” What occurred to break the fragile ceasefire? The US military said that it hit more than 80 targets in the early hours of Wednesday in response to Iranian attacks on three commercial vessels that were ⁠passing through the strait of Hormuz on Tuesday. Iran responded by launching attacks on US military sites in Bahrain and Kuwait. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said 85 facilities had been targeted. How could Democrats replace Platner? It is possible for Democrats to select a new Senate nominee in Maine, but the clock is ticking. To have a new candidate on the ballot for November’s midterm elections, Platner needs to end his campaign by 5pm ET on 13 July, according to state law. That would give the Democrats a two-week window – until 5pm ET on 27 July – to pick a replacement. Continue reading...

Trump said that he believes the U.S.-Iran ceasefire is over, but hasn't ruled out talks. And, the International Olympic Committee paves the way for Russian athletes to compete in the 2028 games.

Attacks on ships in the Strait of Hormuz sparked a new cycle of retaliation that could throttle the flow of energy from the region.

President calls Iranian leadership ‘scum’, rails against alliance, repeats demand for Greenland and threatens Spain Middle East crisis live – latest updates Europe live – latest updates Donald Trump has declared that the ceasefire with Iran is over as he arrived at the Nato summit in Ankara, launching an angry broadside in which he complained about the military alliance and repeated his demand for Greenland The US president, sitting alongside the Nato secretary general, Mark Rutte, called Iran’s leadership scum and “sick people”, and added that he was very upset with the alliance and even threatened to cut off all trade with Spain in a row over defence spending. Continue reading...

Speaking ahead of a Nato summit, the president says US negotiators can keep talking with the Iranians "if they want".

US President Donald Trump has gone into key meetings with NATO and other leaders on Day 2 of the alliance's summit, with the Iran conflict looming large. Later, he'll hold talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. RFE/RL's Zoriana Stepanenko reports from Ankara, Turkey.

Trump made the announcement at a NATO summit after Iran attacked bases hosting US forces in Kuwait and Bahrain.

“I’ll let our wonderful negotiators keep talking if they want, but I don’t see it. I don’t like these people,” Mr. Trump said

President Trump said he believes the current ceasefire with Iran is over following an exchange of attacks between the U.S. and Iran in the latest escalation straining the agreement to end the war.

US President Donald Trump declared Wednesday that the ceasefire with Iran was “over”, delivering a blistering attack on Tehran just hours after the US launched fresh military strikes on the Islamic Republic. “I think it’s over,” Trump told reporters on the sidelines of the Nato summit in Ankara when asked whether the ceasefire was “done”. “I don’t want to deal with them any more.” More to follow …

Speaking to the press from Turkey, President Trump said Wednesday morning that the ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran is over. But he didn't rule out talks continuing to end the war with Iran.

The US leader met with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte on the sidelines of the alliance’s summit in Ankara

The US struck Iranian targets overnight after Iranian attacks on vessels in the Strait of Hormuz. Iran condemned the strikes before launching retaliatory attacks on Kuwait and Bahrain. DW has the latest.