US military has almost ‘destroyed Iran’ Trump claims
White House Correspondent Andrew Feinberg reports:
President Donald Trump said the US military has almost “destroyed Iran” and claimed the country no longer has radar or anti aircraft equipment.
Speaking at a rally in Kentucky he said: “Over the past 11 days, our military has virtually destroyed Iran, tough country. Their Air Force is gone, totally gone.
“That took, that took the better part of about three hours. They no longer have radar.
“They don’t have anti aircraft equipment. They don’t have anything. Their missiles are down 90 per cent their drones are down 85 per cent we’re blowing up the factories where they’re made, left and right.”
Rebecca Whittaker11 March 2026 21:30
US interior secretary says oil companies will boost production
US interior secretary Doug Burgum said on Wednesday that US oil companies will soon announce increased production amid price spikes due to the ongoing Iran conflict.
“I think you’re going to see them all announcing that they’ve increased production, you know, here in the United States in response to the price signals and in response to the need that we have right now,” Burgum told CNBC during an interview.
Alex Croft11 March 2026 21:29
Trump secures release of ‘400 million barrels of oil’
White House Correspondent Andrew Feinberg reports:
US president Donald Trump has said he has coordinated the release of oil reserves around the world.
Speaking at a rally in Kentucky he said: “I’m pleased to report that earlier today, the International Energy Agency agreed to coordinate the release of a record 400 million barrels of oil from various national petroleum reserves around the world, which will substantially reduce the oil prices as we end this threat to America and this threat to the world, we don’t want to leave early, do we? We got to finish the job right.”
It comes after crude oil almost reached $120 a barrel on Monday over fears that the conflict would cause lengthy disruption to energy supplies from the Middle East.
Rebecca Whittaker11 March 2026 21:24
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Rebecca Whittaker11 March 2026 21:14
Trump claimed Iran will ‘knock out Israel’ and try to ‘take the whole Middle East’
White House Correspondent Andrew Feinberg reports:
Speaking at a rally in Kentucky US president Donald Trump claimed Iran is going to try and “take the whole Middle East” and “knock out Israel”.
He said: “We did an excursion. You know what an excursion is? We had to take a little trip to get rid of some evil, very evil people. It should have been done for 47 years. They’ve been killing our people…47 years. and I can only say this, they were all prepared.
“They’re very strong, you know, they’re going to try and take over the whole Middle East. They’re going to knock out Israel. They don’t know what the hell hit them, right?
“They don’t know they got hit by the American military, they don’t know they say, What the hell is happening, they didn’t expect anything like this.”
Rebecca Whittaker11 March 2026 21:13
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Alex Croft11 March 2026 21:05
Second government charter flight from the Middle East lands in Dublin
A second chartered flight carrying almost 200 Irish citizens from the war-torn Middle East has landed at Dublin Airport, the Minister for Foreign Affairs said.
The flight from Abu Dhabi was carrying 217 people including 27 citizens from other EU member states.
Rebecca Whittaker11 March 2026 21:01
Iran has deployed a dozen mines in Strait of Hormuz – report
Iran has deployed about a dozen mines in the Strait of Hormuz, two sources have told Reuters news agency.
It is a move likely to complicate the reopening of the narrow waterway, an important route for shipping oil and liquefied natural gas.
Exports of oil and LNG through the strategic chokepoint along Iran’s coast have effectively been halted by the war launched 12 days ago by the United States and Israel, helping to drive a surge in world energy prices.
Iran’s military command on Wednesday said the world should be prepared for oil to hit $200 a barrel.
One source said the mines were deployed “in the last few days” and that most of their locations wereknown. But the source declined to say how the U.S. planned to deal with them.
CNN first reported the mining of the strait on Tuesday.
Alex Croft11 March 2026 20:40
Israeli military prepared to fight Iran as long as necessary, spokesperson says
The Israeli military is prepared to continue its war with Iran for as long as necessary, its spokesperson, brigadier general Effie Defrin, told reporters late on Wednesday.
“We as an army are prepared to continue the campaign as long as necessary,” he said.
US president Donald Trump was quoted earlier by Axios as saying that there was “practically nothing left” to target in Iran and that the war there will end “soon.”
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Alex Croft11 March 2026 20:17
Hezbollah and Iran carry out joint missile attack on Israel, says Israeli official
Lebanon’s Hezbollah and Iran carried out a joint missile attack on northern Israel in what was the first coordinated attack since the start of the war, a senior Israeli defence official said on Wednesday.
We’ll bring you more on the attack as we get it.
Alex Croft11 March 2026 19:55