Trump on the ceasefire: “I think it’s over… I don’t want to deal with them anymore, they’re scum… As far as I’m concerned, it’s over,” he adds… It’s just a waste of time dealing with them, they’re liars.” Kaput…
On US Central Command said it struck more than 80 Iranian targets, including over 60 IRGC small boats. Iran retaliated, with the IRGC saying it struck 85 US military installations at Salman Port in Bahrain and Ali Al Salem Air Base in Kuwait. Bahrain sounded alarm sirens – no casualties reported…
The US said its strikes were a response to attacks on three oil tankers transiting the Strait of Hormuz earlier in the week. The US revoked its temporary waiver on Iranian oil sales, reinstating sanctions that had been lifted under the MoU. Brent crude prices are up…
Lord Khan in the Telegraph: “I hope, and I say this in a non-pompous way, that the public service I do will bring rewards in this world and the hereafter,” he says. “I’m hoping the work I do is earning me Brownie points.”