US-Israel-Iran war

Oil prices rose to their highest point in weeks after President Donald Trump declared the US ceasefire with Iran over, responding to Iranian attacks on commercial ships in the Strait of Hormuz and on American military sites in other Gulf nations.

He said Wednesday that the US would “probably hit them hard again tonight,” and later added that the latest back-and-forth fighting would not result in “long-term” military action.

“Anything that happens is going to happen very fast," Trump said, though he also suggested the US military might “just finish the job.”

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Trump announced that the US was preparing for a second night of strikes against Iran after Iranian attacks on American military sites in the Gulf.

Trump made the comment on the sidelines of the two-day NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey.

Markets slumped after Donald Trump declared the US-Iran interim agreement over, sending Brent crude sharply higher and denting investor sentiment.

There was no word on what, if anything, had been struck in either country.

In a statement posted to social media, US Central Command said American forces launched the strikes “to impose heavy costs for targeting and attacking commercial shipping crewed by innocent civilians in an international waterway.”

Mourners reached out to touch the truck, and some threw scarves and other items for attendants to brush against the coffin, a common practice in Iran seen as a blessing. Attendants, some on the ladders of fire trucks, sprayed misted water across the crowds to cool them in the he

The next set of technical talks are scheduled to be held on July 11.

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's funeral is seeing many diplomatic leaders across the world attending the event with the crowd already surpassing 20 million.

The government said the emergency measures were no longer required taking into consideration the improving conditions in the Strait of Hormuz.