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Trump says the war with Iran is complete, pretty much, and ahead of schedule.

But he also suggested, as the war enters its 11th day, that he's not yet ready to declare mission accomplished.

We've already won in many ways, he said, but we haven't won enough.

In response, the Iranian Foreign minister, Abbas Arakchi, said Iran will continue its missile attacks as long as necessary.

In Bahrain overnight, one person was killed and others injured after an attack on the capital, Manama.

The oil prices, which surged to a four year high, have returned to $90 a barrel in early trading after Trump's suggestion the war would soon end.

Although nothing materially has changed, Iran's Revolutionary Guards said not one litre of oil will be exported while the attacks continue.

In Australia, five members of the Iranian women's football team have been granted humanitarian visas after they refused to sing the national anthem during the tournament.

The the rest of the team is now on its way back to Iran.

With the latest, here's our correspondent Lauren Moss.

Another night of this war, another fire burning, this time in northern Iraq, where dark smoke is seen coming from the direction of the United Arab Emirates consulate, swallowing more countries into the conflict.

Yesterday, a Bahrain oil refinery was aflame after being fired on by Iran.

While in Tehran, rescue workers sift through the rubble.

This footage released by Iranian state media, which says dozens of people were killed after strikes on this residential area of the country's capital.

In his first press conference since war began, President Trump was bullish, hailing the US And Israeli operation as being weeks ahead of schedule.

Reporters wanted to know the answer to the question many are asking around the world, when will it end?

Are you thinking this week it will be over?

Earlier, at a conference with Republican lawmakers, Mr.

Trump stressed he sees the operation as a short term excursion, but

made it clear he believes there's more to be done.

We've already won in many ways, but we haven't won enough.

We go forward more determined than ever to achieve ultimate victory that will end this long running danger once and for all.

Then came this post on social media where the president threatened to hit Iran 20 times harder if they did anything to stop the flow of oil.

Oil in the Strait of Hormuz, a crucial artery where a fifth of the world's supply is usually shipped through.

Death, fire and fury will rain upon them, he says, adding that he hopes and prays it does not happen.

The Iran Revolutionary Guard Corp responded saying they will determine the end of the war.

It came at the end of a tumultuous day for oil prices which saw their biggest jump since 2022.

President Trump's comments claiming the end is in sight ease the markets with the price of Brent crude oil falling from its earlier spike.

But economic uncertainty continues, the knock on effect being the cost of living.

Meanwhile, in the Middle east, the sound of sirens is now familiar over many cities in Israel.

Here, people in Haifa in the north of the country are alerted to an Iranian missile.

Yesterday, rockets fired from neighbouring Lebanon by the Iranian backed militant group Hezbollah were intercept.

Israel's Defense Forces says strikes like these have killed nearly 2,000 Iranian troops since the fighting began.

And overnight the US released this footage which it says shows American strikes on Iranian missiles.

The UK continued its involvement yesterday with the Defense Secretary confirming RAF fighter jets took out two drones, one over Jordan and another over Bahrain.

And the warship HMS Dragon is set to sail to the eastern Mediterranean in the next few days as Britain looks to bolster its defense at its base in Cyprus.

Overnight, American B1 bombers landed back at RAF Fairford in Gloucester.

Well, let me bring you up to speed with some of the other important news this morning.

The U.S. embassy in Beirut is urging U.S.

citizens to strongly consider leaving the country if they're still in Lebanon.

Israel has reissued an urgent evacuation order this morning for everyone living in south Lebanon, instructing them to head North.

Nearly 500 people have been killed since Israel renewed its strikes on Hezbollah.

The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Rafael Grossi, is in Paris to meet with world leaders this morning.

These are live pictures of Emmanuel Macron meeting these leaders.

Grossi believes almost half of Iran's highly enriched uranium, around 200 kilos of it, is buried in a tunnel complex in Isfahan.

The uranium at 60% purity could be further enriched to provide enough material for 10 nuclear bombs.

Donald Trump said he had a very good call with Russian President Vladimir Putin, who quotes wants to be helpful.

It's been reported this past week that Russia is helping Iran with coordinates of American positions.

Nonetheless, the White House gave India a 30 day waiver to buy Russian oil.

We're keeping an eye on the events across the Middle East.

Let's get the latest from our correspondents in the region, starting with Barbara Platasher who is in Doha for us.

What has it been like overnight in Doha, Barbara?

Much quieter Christian than it was the previous night.

And around the region also, nothing reported here.

The United Arab Emirates this morning has said it's intercepting incoming drones and missiles.

And last night Kuwait said the same thing.

And then you had that, that attack in Bahrain that hit a residential building and a woman was killed, several injured.

But as I said, it's quieter certainly than the previous day and night.

However, the fire, fire from Iran continues.

You've also had the, you also have the Hormuz Strait still closed, that exchange between President Trump and the Iran Revolutionary Guards about it, where Mr.

Trump promised fire and fury if they did not open it and then escalated to capital letters in his Truth social post in saying that they would be hit 20 times harder.

And the Revolutionary Guards saying we will not let a liter of oil go through.

So you have those kinds of performative events, but

the reality is that nothing really effective is getting through.

The Pakistanis have started escorting their merchant vessels with warships in the Gulf because they rely very heavily on energy imports from the Gulf.

You've also had a statement from the head of Saudi Aramco, which is a Saudi Aram state owned oil company, warning that this is the biggest crisis the region's energy industry has ever faced and will have a domino effect on industries around the world.

So very strong concern still about where this, this economic crisis, never mind the military crisis is heading.

Focus today, Barbara, on military escorts for shipping through the Strait of Hormuz.

But that's provided the energy can be produced because the LNG terminal in Qatar has been closed.

There are other oil terminals that are under attack.

So getting the shipping moving is one thing.

Defending the energy fields is quite another.

And energy experts say that in fact the damage done so far is not enormous.

Many of these have been drone strikes and the damage has been minimal, although we have been told by the Qataris that they were still assessing what happened to their natural gas plant.

But the, the, it's not like these plants have been destroyed.

I think it's more a question of the uncertainty of it, the perception of insecurity and, and

also the shutting down of production because they're not sure that they can continue and they're not sure that they can fulfill their contractual obligations.

And so they have been declaring force majeure.

And also as the Hormuz Strait is, is blocked, the storage is filling up.

So that means also production is going to decrease.

It is something that the Iranians are able to disrupt fairly easily in the big scheme of things with drone attacks because they are cheaper and easier to launch.

And even if they don't do enormous damage, if they are Going after energy, oil field, energy targets like oil fields and refineries and so on, that that creates havoc.

Barbara, Plethora in Doha for the moment.

Well, Lebanon, of course, was drawn further into this war when Hezbollah attacked Israel in response to the killing of Ayatollah Khamenei.

The Lebanese president, Joseph Faoun, has accused Hezbollah of working to collapse the state and has expressed Beirut's readiness for direct negotiations with Israel.

Let's cross to Beirut and speak to our correspondent there, Lena Sinjab.

You did sort of talk to us earlier in the week, Lena, about the frustration, broader Lebanese population, about what Hezbollah was doing.

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