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Monday, 15 June 2026

Iran and US agree deal to end war as Trump says Strait of Hormuz will be reopened

The US and Iran have agreed a deal to end the war, which mediator Pakistan says will be signed on Friday in Switzerland

Donald Trump says as part of the agreement, the Strait of Hormuz will be reopened. "Let the oil flow!" he writes in a post on Truth Social - prices have fallen since the announcement
In Iran, the deputy foreign minister says on state TV that a deal has been reached while the country's top military command hails it as a victory for Tehran
The full text is yet to be published, but our correspondent says: The deal's priority is to extend the 8 April ceasefire in time and scope - another 60 days pledging no hostilities while both sides commit to talks
Pakistan, which announced late on Sunday that the agreement had been made, says "military operations on all fronts, including in Lebanon" will end - Israel is yet to comment
The war began with US and Israeli strikes across Iran on 28 February, prompting Iran to attack Israel and US-allied states in the Gulf.
FULL ARTICLE AT: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cj0grpyg4v1t

Trump heralds Iran deal but questions - and risks - remain

The announcement of a deal to end hostilities between the US and Iran has provided Donald Trump with a very welcome birthday present – although it's wrapped in a fair measure of uncertainty.

The US president said in his social media post heralding the agreement that the Strait of Hormuz would be open to commercial shipping and the US would lift its naval blockade.

"Let the oil flow!" Trump exclaimed on Sunday.

He went on to declare that, in contrast with the failures of past US presidents, he secured a "great deal" that would bring "peace and security to the whole region".

Such hyperbole is nothing new for Trump, of course. His declarations about last year's agreement ending the Gaza War – "a peace for all eternity" and the "beginning of the age of faith and hope and of God" - were equally sweeping, even as the reality on the ground has fallen far short.

FULL ARTICLE AT: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c9824e0rz75o

Pakistan Releases Terms of US-Iran Deal; Shows US Caving to Iranian Demands

IDF Strikes Beirut After Days of Hezbollah Attacks

Trump Calls Hezbollah Attack ‘Meaningless,’ Slams Beirut Strike

Israeli military says Hezbollah targets struck in Beirut

An Israeli air strike on the southern suburbs of Lebanon's capital Beirut has put further pressure on attempts for a US-Iran deal to end the war, although Donald Trump says a truce remains close.

The attack on Dahieh, where the Iran-backed armed group Hezbollah is based, came after the US said a deal with Iran would be signed on Sunday.

Israel said the attack was in response to Hezbollah firing towards northern Israel. The strike opens the possibility of further hostilities, as Iran vowed to respond by attacking Israel.

Trump said the attack "should not have happened particularly on a special day when we are so close to a Peace Deal with Iran".

"This could be the beginning of a long and beautiful peace - Let's not blow it!" the US president added.

At least three people were killed and 15 others injured in the strike, Lebanon's state media said.

Iran has insisted that any truce should also include the end of the war in Lebanon, where Israel has been fighting the militia and political party Hezbollah. Israeli officials, however, reject this, saying the military operations must continue.

FULL ARTICLE AT: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/czj83zlx1vjo

Unclear if US-Iran agreement will provide respite to Lebanon

Finally, after what have seemed like countless false starts, a deal has been agreed by the US and Iran. Both sides have predictably claimed victory.

US President Donald Trump has boldly declared: "This Great Deal will bring Peace and Security to the whole Region."

Iran's deputy foreign minister Kazem Gharibabadi hailed what he called his country's military achievements as he confirmed that the Memorandum of Understanding had been signed.

All sides, including the mediator, Pakistan, are saying that the deal will see the lifting both of Iran's closure of the Strait of Hormuz and The US blockade of Iranian ports, although this may not be immediate.

That will go some way to relieving pressure on Trump over the harm to the global economy caused by the former, while Iran's collapsing economy will gain some relief from the latter.

Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif - who was the first to announce the deal - has said that the agreement also calls for the "immediate and permanent termination of military operations on all fronts, including in Lebanon".

FULL ARTICLE AT: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cd952n4qz2qo

Russian strikes kill nine and set historic cathedral in Kyiv ablaze

Nine people have been killed and several others injured in a wave of Russian strikes on Ukraine, with a major religious landmark in the capital Kyiv catching fire, officials say.

Four people were killed in attacks on Kyiv, while five rescue workers died trying to put out a fire caused by a strike on the north-eastern city of Kharkiv, officials added.

The 11th Century Dormition Cathedral was significantly damaged in what Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko called a "brutal assault on our people and our heritage".

Meanwhile, a Ukrainian drone attack in the Russian city of Tula, south of Moscow, killed three people and wounded three others, including a one-year-old, officials said.

Drone and missile strikes set fire to buildings and cars and left more than 140,000 people in Ukraine's capital without electricity, Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said.

Most of Ukraine was under air raid warnings on Monday.

The Kyiv strikes, which targeted several residential buildings, left at least 23 people wounded, while five others were wounded in Kharkiv.

FULL ARTICLE AT: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4gy037gjz3o

Vladimir Putin branded 'Kremlin Antichrist' after setting 1,000-year-old church on fire in deadly Kyiv blitz

Vladimir Putin has been branded the "Kremlin Antichrist" after his forces set a 1,000-year-old monastery in Kyiv on fire in a devastating attack across Ukraine.

Five people have been killed in the country's second-largest city Kharkiv, four are dead and at least 23 are injured in Kyiv, with power also cut for hundreds of thousands of people.

In the Russian city of Tula, three people were killed and another three injured as Ukraine hit back, targeting industrial and energy facilities over the border.

Kyiv's Mayor Vitali Klitschko said the attack damaged electricity lines and left 140,000 residents without power.

While the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra, a monastery dating back to 1051, was seriously damaged in the attack. Dramatic images show firefighters combatting a blaze ripping through the roof of the place of worship.

The monastery, designated a Unesco World Heritage site in 1990, was listed as endangered in 2023 and has previously been struck by a Russian drone.

FULL ARTICLE AT: https://www.gbnews.com/news/world/vladimir-putin-fire-kyiv-monastery-missile-attack-ukraine

Sunday, 14 June 2026

Trump says US-Iran deal to be signed on Sunday as Tehran casts doubt on timing

President Donald Trump has said a deal to end fighting between the US and Iran is scheduled to be signed on Sunday, after Iran cast doubt on the timing.

In a post on social media, Trump said the Strait of Hormuz, a key shipping route, would be "open to all" once the deal is agreed.

On Saturday, Pakistan, a key mediator, also said the deal was "likely expected" to be finalised within 24 hours and they were "preparing for the electronic signing".

Before Trump's comments, Iranian foreign ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei expressed caution over the timeline, saying: "We will have to wait and see about the exact date of the signing of the memorandum of understanding, although it will not be tomorrow [Sunday]."

A delegation from Qatar, which has also mediated in the talks, arrived in Tehran on Sunday, Iranian media reported. It was not clear if the visit would affect the timing of Iran's expected signature of the deal.

In a post on Truth Social on Saturday, Trump wrote: "The Deal is scheduled to get signed tomorrow, and immediately after it is signed, the Hormuz Strait is OPEN TO ALL."

In an apparent reference to Iran's enriched uranium stockpiles, Trump said that "at the appropriate time, when all is calm, we will go in and get the Nuclear Dust", adding it would later be destroyed.

For decades, Iran has been accused by Western countries of trying to build a nuclear bomb. It has denied the accusations saying its programme is for peaceful purposes - to generate electricity and for research purposes.

Trump also warned that if things would not "work out quickly, easily and smoothly", Washington had "the ultimate alternative, hopefully never to be used again!" Earlier on Saturday, Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said that "we are closer to a peace deal than ever before".

"With finalisation likely expected in the next 24 hours, Pakistan is preparing for the electronic signing of the peace deal immediately after, followed by technical level talks next week," Sharif wrote on X. On Friday, Iran's Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi said that a deal with the US was close.

FULL ARTICLE AT: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvglmn49xz0o