An Iranian attack on an air base in Kuwait has left several Americans injured amid soaring tensions as peace talks aimed at ending the conflict in the Middle East appear to have stalled.
The Iranian ballistic missile was intercepted and destroyed but falling debris caused injuries to contractors and active duty personnel.
Meanwhile, US President Donald Trump had a meeting with top aides on Friday to make a “final determination” about a framework for extending the ceasefire with Iran, but it concluded without an announcement.
US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has said the country is ready to restart attacks on Iran if a deal cannot be reached.
“Our ability to recommence if necessary… we are more than capable,” Hegseth said today in Singapore.
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A member of Iran’s negotiating team has said US and Tehran remains in an open discussion with just some ‘minor disagreements’.
Saeed Ajorloo said in a television interview: “Talks with the US are ongoing and there are still minor disagreements.
“If the final text is approved, we will enter a 60-day dialogue about the details.” The clip was reposted on Telegram by Iran’s chief negotiator, Mohammad Bagheri Ghalibaf, CNN reports.
Olivia BridgeToday13:25 BST
As Iranian media reports talks between Washington and Tehran ground to a halt once again yesterday, US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth remains optimistic.
Speaking at the Shangri-La Dialogue during a defence summit in Singapore, he said the “goalposts haven’t shifted at all”.
“Any deal that the president is willing to make, he’s only going to make what he believes is a great deal, for our country and the world… You saw it in how he’s been talking about it publicly.”
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks during a session at the summit in Singapore(Image: AFP via Getty Images)
Hegseth added Iran is “coming in our direction and the talks have been productive.”
“They know where it needs to go, and I’m quite confident with our president who makes nothing but great deals.”
Olivia BridgeToday12:51 BST
A maritime security authority is warning the situation over the Strait of Hormuz with a threat to passing vessels is “critical”.
In an advisory note, the UKMTO urged vessels to narivate with “caution” and that the US Navy could not guarentee the safety of commercial or other neutral ships.
“A military blockade of Iranian ports remains in effect, restricting all traffic inbound and outbound from these ports,” it said.
“Ships aiding vessels violating the blockade by conducting ship-to-ship transfers with them are also in violation of the blockade. Enforcement actions include disabling and destructive fires upon vessels who do not demonstrate immediate compliance with blockading forces.”
Olivia BridgeToday11:17 BST
The US president has been accused of “betraying diplomacy for the third time”, an advisor to Itan’s supreme leader has claimed.
In a post on X, Mohsen Rezaei said Trump made more “excessive demands in negotations”.
“As predicted, the President of the United States is betraying diplomacy for the third time,” he penned. “By continuing the naval blockade and making excessive demands in negotiations, he has once again proven that he is not inclined toward negotiation and is pursuing other objectives.”
Olivia BridgeToday09:41 BST
Israel’s invasion of Lebanon has moved even deeper into its territory, reaching land it hasn’t crossed in almost two decades. IDF troops are said to have crossed the Litani River, reports Al Jazeera.
Israeli air strikes targeting Nabatieh in southern Lebanon this morning(Image: Anadolu via Getty Images)
Meanwhile, strikes continue to rain down on the region, targteting towns in southern Lebanon. Three people are said to have been killed and more than a dozen injured in the attack early this morning (Saturday), Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency (NNA) reports.
NNA also reported an air strike destroyed a shopping centre in the town of Ansar.
Olivia BridgeToday08:25 BST
Foreign ministry spokesperson Esmail Baghaei has said the US and Tehran failed to come to a peace deal yesterday.
Main stiking points to an agreement include not only nuclear weapons, but the Strait of Hormuz. The global shipping route has effectively been closed by Iran since the war broke out on February 28, which saw the US retaliate by forming its own blockade across the Strait.
Merchant vessels are stranded in the waters of the Strait of Hormuz amid the ongoing stand-off(Image: Xinhua/Shutterstock)
Baghaei has insisted the corridor remains shut to “hostile vessels” in the stand off, with Iran resuming its stance of preventing vessels traverse the waterways while the US block remains in place.
Olivia BridgeToday07:57 BST
After President Trump met with national security officials in the White House on Friday to make a “final determination” on the conflict with Iran, officials in Tehran have claimed a “final understanding has not been reached”.
Speaking on Iranian state TV yesterday, foreign ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei said Tehran and Washington continued to discuss, but a deal could not be agreed.
In response to Trump’s post online that stated Iran “must agree that they will never have a nuclear weapon”, Baghaei said: “We said goodbye to the language of ‘must’ 47 years ago. None of the Western parties, when speaking about the Islamic Republic of Iran, can use the language of ‘must’.
“We make our own decisions based on the interests and rights of the Iranian nation.”
Olivia BridgeToday07:39 BST
An Iranian strike has reportedly injured five Americans and damaged two US MQ-9 Reaper drones, worth an estimated $30 million, at a Kuwaiti air base.
Olivia BridgeToday07:32 BST
As the world holds its breath for the outcome of the US’ meeting with Iran, and if any peace deal has been met, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said that the “status right now is that any deal will be a good deal”.
He also said Trump’s priority remains blocking Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons.
“I had a chance to talk to President Trump this morning. He wanted me to reiterate how patient he is in ensuring that with America undertaking this kind of historic endeavor, any deal will be a good one, a great one, and he’s patient in the pursuit of that,” he said.
“If Iran doesn’t want to make a great deal that ensures they don’t get a nuclear weapon,” then Iran can “deal with” the US military, Hegseth said.
Olivia BridgeToday06:15 BST
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Saturday, May 30 that the US is ready to restart attacks on Iran if a deal cannot be reached, as negotiators from Washington and Tehran worked to bridge major differences blocking an agreement.
“Our ability to recommence if necessary… we are more than capable,” Hegseth said in Singapore the Shangri-La Dialogue
“Our stockpiles are more than suited for that, both there and around the globe, so we’re in a very good place,” he added.
Tannur AndersToday04:30 BST
Israeli forces are reportedly “blowing up residential homes” in the town of Dibbine, in the Marjayoun district of southern Lebanon, Al Jazeera has reported.
The reports have not been independently verified by The Mirror.
Tannur AndersToday03:20 BST
The US Central Command, who is in charge of US forces involved in the conflict with Iran, has said in a post on social media platform X:
“U.S. forces remain present and vigilant across the region.”
Tannur AndersToday02:24 BST
US Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth has said his country is meeting more frequently with China.
Speaking at the Shangri-La Dialogue security summit in Singapore, Hegseth said, “We are meeting more frequently with our Chinese counterparts by maintaining open lines of military-to-military communication,” he said.
Tannur AndersToday00:56 BST
The UK Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) agency has told ship masters that the US military blockade on Iranian ports remains in place.
It said this is “restricting all traffic inbound and outbound from these ports”.
“While the maritime warning zone is not intended to impede neutral or merchant shipping, vessels should make their intentions clear, particularly demonstrating that they are not intending to visit/depart from an Iranian port,” the advisory note read.
“Vessels continuing to transit the areas should maintain a standoff of 30 nautical miles from U.S. units to reduce risk of being mistaken as a threat.”
Tannur Anders29th May23:32 BST
Al Jazeera has reported that 11 people have died and eight others have been injured in an Israeli airstrike in southern Lebanon.
Tannur Anders29th May22:12 BST
An Iranian official claims that no deal with the US can be ‘finalised’ because the American negotiating team has “no fixed professional or moral frame, is whimsical, and changes its demands constantly,” Al Jazeera reports
Tom Sanders29th May22:07 BST
Iran says a ceasefire deal with the US has still not been reached following a list of demands put forward by Trump.
“At this stage, we are focused on ending the war, and there are no negotiations on the nuclear issue,” the Iranian foreign ministry said.
Zahra Khaliq29th May20:27 BST
United States Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent has said that the US has seized $1billion in crypto assets from Iran.
Laura Hill29th May20:10 BST
The New York Times has reported that President Trump’s meeting in the Situation Room has ended. The meeting is said to have lasted about two hours, but the president did not reach a decision on any new deal with Iran.
A senior administration official spoke to the New York Times on condition of anonymity to speak about internal deliberations.
The administration believes it is ‘close to an agreement’ but there are still certain matters being debated including the unfreezing of funds for the Iranians, the official said.
Laura Hill29th May20:08 BST
An Iranian official has told Iranian state news agency Tasnim that Tehran has its “foot on the enemy’s throat”.
Saqab Esfahani, a deputy to Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, said the country has demanded: “America understands the language of power”.
Laura Hill29th May19:48 BST
Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei has released a statement claiming no deal with the US has been finalised yet, and that the decision to reopen the Strait of Hormuz must be decided by Iran and Omar.
When asked about Trump’s claims regarding the destruction of Iranian nuclear materials, Baghaei said the current focus is on ending the conflict and there has been no discussion regarding Iran’s stockpile of enriched uranium.
With regards to the Strait of Hormuz, the spokesperson accused the US of deliberately distorting reality. While the Strait has been closed to hostile and military vessels sicne the start of the conflict, commercial ships have continued to traverse through the route in co-ordination with Iran.
Tom Sanders29th May19:11 BST
Iran’s semi-official Fars news agency, citing sources, said there was a “mixture of truth and falsehood” in Trump’s comments which were an “attempt to portray a fabricated victory.”
After the U.S. lifts its blockade on Iranian ships, the strait would be reopened but under Tehran’s arrangements, Fars said. There was no provision to destroy nuclear materials in the sides’ Memorandum of Understanding, the agency said, though there was agreement to release $12 billion of Iran’s frozen assets.
Laura Hill29th May17:49 BST
The US and Iran have reportedly reached a “political understanding,” but an agreement has not yet been finalised, a senior Iranian source has told Reuters.
It comes after Donald Trump said he and his advisers were meeting in the White House Situation Room to “make a final determination” on how to move forward with a potential deal with Iran.
Zahra Khaliq29th May17:45 BST
A senior Iranian source has said that although an ‘understanding’ has been reached between the US and Iran, it has not yet been finalised.
The source told Reuters that the possible deal between Washington and Tehran does not include any nuclear-related issues.
This is despite Trump announcing on Truth Social that a deal could only be done if Iran agrees never to have nuclear weapons and to allow the US to dispose of the Middle Eastern nation’s nuclear materials.
Laura Hill29th May16:47 BST
The US president took to his social media platform to outline the requirements Iran must agree to in order to reach a peace deal.
Laura Hill29th May16:37 BST
Donald Trump says he is holding a White House Situation Room meeting with his advisers to make a “final determination” on moving towards a peace deal with Iran.
The US president announced the meeting in a post on Truth Social and listed what a potential deal would need to include.
Trump said part of the crieria would be for Iran to agree to:
- Never develop a nuclear weapon,
- “Immediately open” the Strait of Hormuz
- Remove any sea mines,
- Have its highly enriched uranium removed and destroyed by the US.
Laura Hill29th May15:05 BST
Iran’s top negotiator Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf said on X that his country is obtaining “concessions not through talks, but through missiles”.
“Negotiations are only for making them understand those concessions,” he said, adding that Tehran has “absolutely no trust in guarantees or words – only actions matter. No step will be taken before the other side acts first.”
“The winner of any agreement is the side that is better prepared for war the day after it is signed,” Ghalibaf added.
Eliana Nunes29th May14:41 BST
Benjamin Netanyahu has said Israeli troops have pushed beyond the Litani River in southern Lebanon.
“Our forces crossed the Litani, and they advanced to the dominating terrain,” The Times of Israel quoted the Israeli prime minister as saying. He added that Israeli troops are operating in Beirut, the Bekaa Valley and “across the entire front”.
The Litani River is only around 10 miles south of the Zahrani River.
On Wednesday, the Israel Defence Forces ordered people in Lebanon living south of the Zahrani River to evacuate. This means people in around 14 per cent of Lebanon’s territory, spread across roughly 300 towns and villages, have been told to leave their homes.
Flames rise from a building following an Israeli strike in Tyre, southern Lebanon, on Thursday(Image: AFP via Getty Images)
The Israeli military has issued evacuation orders for residents in Lebanon. The “urgent warning” was issued to those in Ansariya, al-Khrayeb, Shabriha, Sarafand, Adlun, and Baysariya – telling residents to immediately “move north of the Zahrani River”.
Ethan Blackshaw29th May09:23 BST
US and Iranian negotiators reached a tentative agreement Thursday to extend the ceasefire in the 3-month-old war by 60 days and start a new round of talks on Iran’s nuclear program, according to a US official familiar with the matter.
Iran did not immediately confirm any deal. Vice President JD Vance on Thursday evening confirmed there was a tentative agreement, but said it was unclear if President Donald Trump would approve it.
“It’s hard to say exactly when or if the president’s going to sign,” Vance told reporters.
He added: “We’re going back and forth on a couple of language points.”