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Iran was resolute on Tuesday that the US must end the war before they release their grip on the Strait of Hormuz after Donald Trump said the military was in complete control of the channel.<\/a><\/p>\n Mohsen Rezaee, the new secretary of Iran\u2019s Supreme National Security Council, said on social media that the \u201cmessage is clear\u201d that the strait will remain shut <\/a>until the US agrees to terms and pulls back.<\/p>\n \u201dThe Strait of Hormuz will not reopen until the US ends the war and blockade, releases Iran\u2019s frozen assets, and agrees to a region-wide ceasefire, including in Lebanon and Gaza,\u201d he said. \u201cUntil all conditions are met, the Strait will remain closed.\u201d<\/p>\n It came after Trump on Monday snubbed Iran\u2019s six conditions for reopening the strait, which included \u201cpayment in full\u201d for damage inflicted on Iran throughout the war.<\/p>\n \u201cIt is an interesting idea because now I am likewise demanding compensation from Iran,\u201d Trump said, adding: \u201cI have instructed my representatives to put this firmly into any, and all, future negotiations.\u201d<\/p>\n Meanwhile, Trump reportedly hid in a catering truck to fend off an assassination threat from Iran while departing Turkey after the Nato summit last month.<\/p>\n <\/a>Oil nears $90 a barrel amid doubts over US-Iran deal<\/p>\n Oil prices rose this morning as doubts about a US-Iran peace deal and attacks on two ships \u200cfuelled concerns about Middle East supply disruptions, even as industry data showed US crude inventories expanded.<\/p>\n Brent futures gained 72 cents, or 0.81 per cent, to $89.63 a barrel, while US West Texas Intermediate crude climbed 71 \u200bcents, or 0.85 per cent, to $83.91.<\/p>\n Both benchmark contracts settled more than $1 higher on Tuesday, marking their \u200bhighest closes since 31 July and extending gains after jumping about 5 per cent on \u2060Monday as hopes for a peace deal between the US and Iran began to fade. <\/p>\n Alisha Rahaman Sarkar12 August 2026 04:30<\/p>\n <\/a>Israel criticised at UN meeting over West Bank violence<\/p>\n Five European nations on the Security Council called a meeting as Britain’s new UN ambassador Sarah MacIntosh condemned escalating violence across the West Bank, calling settler attacks on Palestinian villages, some alongside Israeli soldiers, “appalling”.<\/p>\n Palestinian UN ambassador Riyad Mansour said Israeli annexation of Palestinian territory is already “underway – brutally and relentlessly”.<\/p>\n He urged international action to chart a path for Palestinian self-determination and “freedom.”<\/p>\n Israeli UN ambassador Danny Danon responded by saying: “Israel condemns all violence against Israelis and Palestinians” and “does not tolerate extremism \u2014 we confront it”.<\/p>\n Danon said “extremist attacks” by Israelis are declining and accused council members of ignoring “rising” attacks by Palestinians. <\/p>\n Alisha Rahaman Sarkar12 August 2026 04:15<\/p>\n <\/a>Trump warns Iran could be ‘blown away’<\/p>\n US president Donald Trump has warned that Iran could be “blown away” after claiming that the US military was in complete control of the Strait of Hormuz.<\/p>\n Speaking to reporters after a visit to Ohio on Tuesday, Trump said: “Iran is going fine, going just absolutely fine.”<\/p>\n “We totally \u2060control the Strait of Hormuz … Nobody else, only us,” he said.”At some point, maybe they’ll do something, and then they get blown away,” he said of Iran.<\/p>\n “But right now, we’re in a very good position. We have a country that has been the bully of the Middle East for 50 years, really 51 if you think about it … and they’re no longer the bully of the Middle East.” <\/p>\n Alisha Rahaman Sarkar12 August 2026 04:05<\/p>\n <\/a>Iranian-backed Houthis kill 6 in attack on vessel<\/p>\n At least six people were killed by Iran-backed Houthi rebels attacking a vessel in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, the Yemeni authorities said.<\/p>\n Yemen’s coast guard said the dead included four crew members and two members of the government-allied National Resistance Forces.<\/p>\n Houthis fired three ballistic missiles at the Yemeni commercial vessel, according to Yemen’s internationally recognised government.<\/p>\n They are the first known deaths from Houthi attacks on shipping off Yemen in the latest bout of fighting in the Arab country. <\/p>\n Alisha Rahaman Sarkar12 August 2026 03:50<\/p>\n <\/a>Comment: Has Donald Trump begun to plan for life without Benjamin Netanyahu?<\/p>\n Netanyahu\u2019s belated snub of the US-backed Gaza peace plan shows his dilemma ahead of \u2018massacre\u2019 election he faces in October \u2013 without the Israeli right he is finished, and without Trump\u2019s backing he is toast, says Donald Macintyre<\/a><\/p>\n James Reynolds12 August 2026 03:30<\/p>\n <\/a>Trump says he just does what Secret Service says after reports of switching planes<\/p>\n Donald Trump has said he just does what the Secret Service says to do, following reports that he went on a catering truck to a military jet instead of Air Force One while departing from the Nato summit last month amid a threat from Iran. <\/p>\n \u201cI go by Secret Service and the military. They wanted me to go on a different flight, a different plane…I do what they say\u201d, Trump told reporters. <\/p>\n \u201cI guess there was a threat out there. I didn’t really ask too much about it. I get a lot of threats\u201d, he added. <\/p>\n Rachel Dobkin12 August 2026 02:31<\/p>\n <\/a>Watch: Trump says he’s the ‘last person to trust Iran’<\/p>\n Rachel Dobkin12 August 2026 02:21<\/p>\n <\/a>Recap: Tehran hits back at Trump\u2019s claim of \u2018complete control\u2019 over Hormuz <\/p>\n Iran was resolute on Tuesday that the United States must end the war before they release their grip on the Strait of Hormuz after Donald Trump said the military was in complete control of the channel.<\/p>\n Mohsen Rezaee, the new secretary of Iran\u2019s Supreme National Security Council, said on social media that the \u201cmessage is clear\u201d that the strait will remain shut until the US agrees to terms and pulls back.<\/p>\n \u201dThe Strait of Hormuz will not reopen until the US ends the war and blockade, releases Iran\u2019s frozen assets, and agrees to a region-wide ceasefire, including in Lebanon and Gaza,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n \u201cUntil all conditions are met, the Strait will remain closed.\u201d<\/p>\n It came after president Trump on Monday snubbed Iran\u2019s six conditions for reopening the strait, which included \u201cpayment in full\u201d for damage inflicted on Iran throughout the war.<\/p>\n \u201cIt is an interesting idea because now I am likewise demanding compensation from Iran,\u201d Trump said, adding: \u201cI have instructed my representatives to put this firmly into any, and all, future negotiations.\u201d<\/p>\n James Reynolds12 August 2026 02:00<\/p>\n <\/a>Catch up: Trump claims control of Hormuz as assassination threat revealed<\/p>\n Donald Trump says the US Navy has cleared mines from the Strait of Hormuz and now has \u201c100 per cent\u201d control of the key waterway, which Iran says will remain closed until Washington meets its demands.<\/p>\n Trump told reporters: \u201cIt\u2019s open now\u201d. He also claimed the US was \u201cthe only one that has control of the Strait of Hormuz right now\u201d.<\/p>\n It comes amid reports that the president hid in a catering truck to escape an Iranian assassination threat when he attended the Nato summit in Ankara last month. <\/p>\n Trump, meanwhile, has demanded war compensation from Iran in a shocking reversal of the six-point ultimatum presented to Washington as Tehran\u2019s conditions for reopening the Strait of Hormuz.<\/p>\n Iran\u2019s top security official said earlier this week that they would allow traffic to pass through the channel only once the US meets six terms, including \u201cpayment in full\u201d for damage inflicted during the war.<\/p>\n But Trump snubbed the proposal in a Truth Social post, saying: \u201cIt is an interesting idea because now I am likewise demanding compensation from Iran,\u201d Trump said, adding: \u201cI have instructed my representatives to put this firmly into any, and all, future negotiations.\u201d<\/p>\n James Reynolds12 August 2026 01:00<\/p>\n <\/a>Gold prices rise again as Iran conflict and interest rate fears ease<\/p>\n The price of gold<\/a> has been on the rise once more, reversing a months-long downward trend which saw the precious metal\u2019s value fall by more than a quarter.<\/p>\n Investors<\/a> have had a tough time predicting what markets will do this year, with uncertainty from the Iran<\/a> war hitting inflation, currency markets remaining volatile and and growing concerns over the amounts the largest firms are spending on artificial intelligence.<\/p>\n In such times, previously investors might have turned to gold, seen as a safe haven in troubled times – but instead, the precious metal appeared to mirror some of those other markets with a steep decline in the first half of 2026.<\/p>\n James Reynolds12 August 2026 00:00<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Trump Hid In Catering Cart To Board Secret Flight After Iran ThreatYour support helps us to tell the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":735221,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[49,50,51,47,52,48],"class_list":["post-735220","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\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/735220","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=735220"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/735220\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/735221"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=735220"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=735220"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=735220"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}