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Iran-US war latest: Trump tells Americans to ‘sit back and relax’ as sides exchange fresh strikes 32%
By Alisha Rahaman Sarkar0% Maira Butt51%
6/1/2026, 12:42:02 PM
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President Donald Trump told Americans to “sit back and relax” as the US and Tehran exchanged fresh strikes.
“Just sit back and relax, it will all work out well in the end - It always does!”
he wrote on Truth Social on Monday, while insisting Iran “really wants to make a deal”.
Meanwhile, Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps said it targeted an air base used in a US attack on a telecoms tower on Sirik Island.
Kuwait also reported intercepting missiles on Monday.
The statement comes after the US said it conducted "self-defence strikes" on Iranian radar and drone control sites over the weekend in response to "aggressive" actions from Tehran.
US Central Command said in a post on X that Iran had shot down a US MQ-1 drone that was operating over international waters.
The two countries have continued to trade strikes in the past week after failing to sign off an agreement to extend their fragile ceasefire and reopen the Strait of Hormuz to international shipping.
In Lebanon, Israeli troops pushed beyond the Litani river and seized the Crusader-era Beaufort fortress in their deepest invasion of the neighbouring country in over 25 years.
The ceasefire already in place between Iran and the United States is unequivocally a ceasefire on all fronts, including in Lebanon, Iran's top diplomat said on Monday after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered attacks on the Hezbollah-controlled southern suburbs of Beirut.
“Violation on one front is a violation of the ceasefire on all fronts.
The U.S. and Israel are responsible for the consequences of any violation,” Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi wrote on X.
Britain said it signed new contracts worth £36 million with French defence company Thales to supply hundreds of Lightweight Multirole missiles for the country's armed forces.
This type of missile has been by UK forces used to shoot down drones in the Middle East since the start of the Iran war.
A statement from the Ministry of Defence said on Monday deliveries would begin in the coming months.
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said on Monday that 15 ships, including four oil tankers, passed through the Strait of Hormuz over the last 24 hours.
The vessels were permitted to transit the waterway after obtaining permission from Iran, according to Fars news agency.
US forces intercepted two Iranian ballistic missiles targeting American forces based in Kuwait late on Sunday, the U.S. military said on Monday, adding that no American personnel were harmed.
Early on Monday, Kuwait’s foreign ministry said missiles had flown into its airspace, before the foreign ministry released a statement asserting the country’s right to “take all necessary measures to defend its territory.
The United States military has been quietly guiding ships through the beleaguered Strait of Hormuz, one of the world’s most vital shipping routes, according to the New York Times.
Around 70 vessels have transited the waterway according to US officials cited by the publication as discussions on a resolution remain deadlocked.
Tracking devices have been switched off in order to enact the strategy, according to the reports.
Britain's competition regulator has found no evidence that retailers had altered their fuel pricing strategies to take advantage of the Middle East crisis, the watchdog said on Monday.
The Competition and Markets Authority's analysis indicated that elevated wholesale prices continued to explain most of the increase in pump prices in March and into April, it said in a statement.
When one of the world’s worst ever energy crises began in the Strait of Hormuz in February, few believed that their internet access – rather than their gas bill – would be the worst-affected aspect of daily life.
But lurking many thousands of metres beneath the oil ships being attacked by the Iranian navy lie a series of undersea cables that play a vital role in the global economy, helping to power our internet and keep the world connected.
Earlier this month, Tehran floated plans to impose tariffs on Strait of Hormuz submarine cables, warning that they were a vulnerable chokepoint for the region’s digital economy.
Alex Croft reports:
Israel's government ordered strikes on the southern suburbs of Beirut on Monday, a day after its ground forces reached their deepest point in Lebanon in 26 years and as Hezbollah fired rockets at northern Israel including the outskirts of coastal city of Haifa.
A joint statement by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz said that following what they called repeated violations of the ceasefire by Hezbollah and the “attacks against our cities and citizens,” they have ordered the Israeli military to attack targets in Beirut’s southern suburbs known in Arabic as Dahiyeh.
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