Trump says “Iran’s New Regime President” has asked him for a ceasefire.
It is not clear who he is referring to.
Since the US and Israel began air strikes on Iran on 28 February, a number of senior Iranian leaders have been killed, including the country’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
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Oil price falls and markets rally after Trump says Iran war over in ‘two to three weeks’
Oil prices tumbled and stock markets have rallied across the world after Donald Trump said the war in Iran would end in “two to three weeks”.
Brent crude, an international benchmark for oil, fell as low as $98.35 a barrel on Wednesday, down more than 15% on the previous day and its lowest level in a week. It later recovered some ground, down 2.5% on the day at $101.
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Trump’s threatened to leave Nato before – but this time he’s angrier at alliance members
Of all the warnings in President Trump’s arsenal, leaving the Nato military alliance is among those he’s wielded the most. He almost did it in his first term.
Nato’s former chief Jens Stoltenberg said “we saw clear signs that Trump was preparing to act on his threat”, in his recent memoir On My Watch.
Stoltenberg recounted how he went on Fox News and credited Trump with pressuring Nato allies to increase their military spending.
