Trump says countries who need oil should secure Strait of Hormuz and claims Iran has been ‘beaten’ as Iran renews attacks across gulf: Live updates

Donald Trump has made a further plea for countries to join efforts to prevent Iran from shutting off the Strait of Hormuz.

He said in a post on Truth Social that countries ‘that receive Oil through the Hormuz Strait must take care of that passage’.

A fire at the UAE port Fujairah is continuing to burn after it was targeted by a strike earlier today.

The Fujairah Government said the blaze was caused by falling debris.

In a statement, it added that a Jordanian citizen sustained minor injuries in the attack.

Fujairah is one of the largest oil storage facilities in the region and is a key location for the refuelling of ships.

Hezbollah has said it was involved in ‘direct clashes’ with Israeli forces in the southern Lebanese town of Khiam today.

In a statement, the militant group said the clashes were ongoing, having started at 9.20pm and involved ‘light and medium weapons as well as rocket-propelled projectiles’.

It said it had also targeted Israeli forces in three border villages.

The Israeli military claims it has killed two senior Iranian intelligence officials in a strike in Tehran, just days after they replaced the former head of the directorate who was assassinated on February 28.

Israel said the two men, identified as Abdollah Jalali-Nasab and Amir Shariat, were senior officials in the intelligence directorate of the Khatam al-Anbiya, the Iranian military’s central operations command.

The pair were killed on Friday, the Israeli military said.

They had replaced Saleh Asadi, who served as head of the intelligence department at the Khatam al-Anbiya, after he was killed on the first day of the war, the military said.

Several drones have struck Kuwait’s international airport today and hit its radar system but did not injure anyone, the country’s civil aviation authority has said.

‘Kuwait International Airport was targeted by several drones this evening, which struck its radar system,’ the authority said.

‘Thankfully, no injuries were recorded.’

Several people have been arrested in Bahrain for allegedly posting videos and spreading misinformation about Iranian attacks on the country.

‘Six people were arrested and referred to the public prosecution for posting videos about the effects of the Iranian aggression, praising its hostile actions and spreading false news,’ the country’s interior ministry has said.

By James Fielding

Tourist attractions in ‘ghost town’ Dubai desperate to attract customers during the drone and missile attacks from Iran are offering free admissions – including ‘camel hugging therapy’.

Visitors are invited to ‘release your stress with a private encounter with our cuddliest animals’ at the Camel Farm set in the dunes of Al Marmoom Conservation Reserve, 30 minutes outside the city, an experience which normally costs around £6.

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Iran will target American companies in the region if its energy facilities are attacked, foreign minister Abbas Araghchi has said.

The US military struck Kharg Island on Friday, from which nearly all of Iran’s oil is exported, with President Donald Trump saying every military target had been ‘obliterated’ but its energy facilities had been spared.

‘Our Armed Forces have already answered that they would retaliate if our oil and energy infrastructure are attacked,’ Araghchi told MS NOW.

Iran ‘will attack any energy infrastructure in the region which belongs to an American company or an American company is a shareholder,’ he added.

The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has detained 33 people in Iran on suspicion of gathering intelligence on military sites for the US and Israel.

The arrests were made following allegations the suspects were collecting images and information from military and law enforcement centres, local media has reported.

There is ‘no problem’ with Iran’s new supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei after US officials reported he was wounded, the country’s foreign minister has said.

On Friday, US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said he believed Khamenei, who took power after his father was killed in a strike at the start of the US-Israeli war on Iran, ‘is wounded and likely disfigured’.

However, today Abbas Araghchi claimed ‘there is no problem with the new supreme leader. He sent his message yesterday, and he will perform his duties.’

US Air Force military ground personnel have loaded missiles onto B1 bomber jets on the tarmac at RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire.

Fairford is one of two bases, along with the Diego Garcia facility in the Indian Ocean, that the UK has given the US permission to use for ‘specific defensive operations into Iran’.

The B-1 bombers are part of a growing fleet that have arrived at the UK base in recent days ahead of anticipated airstrikes in the Middle East.

Two drones have targeted an airbase in Kuwait housing US military staff, injuring Kuwaiti personnel and causing damage, the defence ministry said on Saturday.

‘Three members of the armed forces sustained minor injuries’ after the attack on Ahmed Al-Jaber Air Base, spokesperson Colonel Saud Al-Atwan said in a statement.

The base is near Camp Arifjan, a major US facility.