{"id":696756,"date":"2026-05-27T00:34:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T00:34:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/696756\/"},"modified":"2026-05-27T00:34:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T00:34:10","slug":"live-updates-iran-threatens-to-retaliate-after-us-strikes-on-launch-sites-and-boats-trump-undergoes-medical-tests-iran-says-it-has-shot-down-a-us-drone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/696756\/","title":{"rendered":"LIVE UPDATES: Iran threatens to retaliate after US strikes on launch sites and boats; Trump undergoes medical tests; Iran says it has shot down a US drone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By 9News Staff, Associated Press26 May 2026 22:37<\/p>\n<p>Images show a UFC octagon rising on the White House lawn.<\/p>\n<p>Donald Trump, a noted fan of the fighting competition, previously revealed plans to host a bout on the South Lawn as part of the US 250th anniversary celebrations next month &#8211; as well as his 80th birthday.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has said that the finished UFC project will feature &#8220;a 5000-seat arena right outside the front door of the White House.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/4ceda1fb-e01c-4940-b386-19b15a95a9c0.jpeg\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Additional large screens broadcasting the fights will be set up in a park at the nearby Ellipse, and the UFC has said it plans to issue as many as 85,000 free tickets to accommodate spectators at both locations.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I have never seen anybody want anything so much as people want those tickets,&#8221; Trump said recently of demand to attend the UFC fight, adding, &#8220;That&#8217;s gonna be something.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The card has been panned by fans online as underwhelming, featuring just two championship fights.<\/p>\n<p>Brazil&#8217;s Alex Pereira will meet France&#8217;s Ciryl Gane for the interim UFC heavyweight title. Then Spanish-Georgian lightweight champion Ilia Topuria takes on interim champ Justin Gaethje, one of just two Americans who currently hold even a share of the UFC&#8217;s 11 championship belts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By 9News Staff, Associated Press26 May 2026 22:37 Images show a UFC octagon rising on the White House&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":696757,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,41,39,42,40],"class_list":["post-696756","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/696756","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=696756"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/696756\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/696757"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=696756"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=696756"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=696756"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}