US war in Iran LIVE Update: US President Donald Trump said on Thursday he had ordered the military to “shoot and kill” small Iranian mine-laying ships in the Strait of Hormuz, a move announced after Iran demonstrated its ability to disrupt shipping in the vital channel.
US Iran War LIVE: What happened in the last few hours?
- Trump said: “I have ordered the United States Navy to shoot and kill any ship, even small boats … placing mines in the waters of the Strait of Hormuz,” Trump wrote, adding that US minesweepers are “clearing the strait right now.” “I hereby order this activity to continue, but at triple the level!” he added.
- Mahmoud Nabavian, a member of the National Security and Foreign Policy Committee of the Iranian Parliament, said that the negotiation talks held with the US in Pakistan were a mistake. Nabavian released an excerpt of his interview with SNN TV, where he noted that discussing the nuclear issue in Pakistan was a “strategic mistake”. In a post on X, he said: “Putting the nuclear issue on the table in Pakistan was a strategic mistake.
- Brent crude for June delivery climbed 3.1% to settle at $105.07 a barrel, briefly above $107. The surge coincided with a sharp decline in stocks, with the S&P 500 down as much as 1.3% before quickly recovering about half of its losses, the AP reported.
- Meanwhile, the more actively traded July Brent crude contract settled at $99.35 a barrel after earlier rising as high as $101.
- A U.S. special forces soldier involved in a mission to capture Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has been charged with using classified information from the operation to make more than $400,000 through online gambling, federal authorities said Thursday, the Associated Press reported.
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