Iran war news LIVE: Trump, Iran trade warnings, Israel captures medieval castle in Lebanon

Videos on social media show people on a beach in northern Israel running for shelter as Hezbollah rockets are launched towards the region, local media reported. It was the first barrage fired from Lebanon towards the Israeli city of Nahariya in three weeks.

There are still major sticking points, all related to the economy.

The first one is Iran’s frozen assets in the US. The second sticking point is about Iran’s requested reconstruction fund. The third is Iran’s request for exemption from the ban on its oil and petrochemical sales.

Israeli defence minister Israel Katz has said Israeli forces, led by the Golani Brigade, have captured Beaufort Castle in southern Lebanon after expanding operations across the Litani River.

“Under the direction of Prime Minister Netanyahu and my guidance, the (Israeli military) expanded the manoeuvre in Lebanon, crossed the Litani River and captured the Beaufort Ridge – one of the most important strategic points for the defence of the Galilee communities and maintaining the security of our forces,” Katz said in a post on Telegram, referring to residents of northern Israel.

The defence minister said the operation was previously under an information blackout. Katz added that fighting is ongoing and promised to continue efforts to weaken Hezbollah and secure Israel’s northern border.

There has been no comment from Lebanese authorities on Israel’s claim.

Beaufort Castle is a Crusader fortress overlooking the Litani River in Nabatieh governorate.

The Israeli military says a “suspicious hostile aerial target” has entered the country’s airspace from the north and has fallen in an open area.

The object triggered sirens in numerous towns along the border, according to the brief statement. The military said there were no casualties.

Israel has confirmed the capture of the Beaufort Castle in south Lebanon, saying that it planted flag on medieval castle.

Egypt’s foreign minister Badr Abdelatty has affirmed Cairo’s solidarity with Lebanon in a phone call with Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam.

Abdelatty stressed the Egyptian position, calling for the necessity of Israel’s complete withdrawal from all Lebanese territories, and stating that any infringement on Lebanon’s sovereignty is a violation of international law.

He also expressed support for the Lebanese army, saying that only the Lebanese state – and no other groups, including Hezbollah – should have arms in the country.

At a plant near Frankfurt, in Germany, hydrogen and CO2 sourced from a chlorine factory and a biogas facility nearby are piped into a reactor and — after a few more steps — turned into jet fuel.

Interest in such synthetic propellants is growing as the Iran war pushes Europe to reassess its dependencies, raising hopes of a turnaround for the struggling sector, according to industry experts.

The conflict “made the business case for e-SAF much stronger,” Mariano Berkenwald, head of strategy at Ineratec, the firm operating the Frankfurt facility, told AFP.

Before the war squeezed Europe’s jet fuel supplies, electro-Sustainable Aviation Fuel (e-SAF), was largely touted for its climate friendly credentials.

Doing away with oil, it can reduce by 90 percent planet warming emissions from aviation — itself responsible for up to four percent of all greenhouse gases released in the European Union — proponents say.

Brussels has made it a key component of a push to green up transport, mandating fuel suppliers to blend at least 1.2 percent of the stuff into the kerosene made available at EU airports by 2030 and 35 percent by 2050.

The Israeli military has issued a new warning threatening residents south of the Zahrani River in southern Lebanon.

It said it was acting forcefully against Hezbollah in the region and told all residents located south of the river to leave their homes immediately.

It also said “any movement southward may put your lives at risk”.

Israeli air strikes this morning have targeted the southern Lebanese towns of Arnoun, Kfar Tebnit and Kfar Remman, according to an Al Jazeera Arabic report.

Israeli shelling also hit the Kfarjouz area in the Nabatieh district and the town of Dbeibine in the Marjayoun district.

China’s export sector showed strong resilience last month with the total value of outbound shipments hitting a monthly record even as the Strait of Hormuz crisis showed little sign of abating.

But while high-tech and AI-related industries are soaring, traditional manufacturers are struggling to survive.

A senior Iranian commander has warned that any new aggression against his country will be met with a response far more forceful than previous attacks.

“The enemy should know that any aggression against the country’s territory will be met with a response even more forceful than before,” Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari, the deputy army commander for coordination, said, according to Press TV.

“Today, the army of the Islamic Republic stands firmly and resolutely against any hostile move by the enemy,” he added.

Iran war news LIVE: Earlier, Axios reported that Trump had sought “several amendments” to the preliminary agreement negotiated by his envoys with Iran.

The New York Times has now reported that Trump has “toughened the terms” of the proposed framework and sent the revised version back to Iran for review.

Iran war news LIVE: The United States warned on Saturday that it was “more than capable” of restarting military action against Iran, as US President Donald Trump said any peace agreement must meet his conditions, including a commitment that Tehran will never be allowed to develop nuclear weapons.

The White House had indicated that Trump was nearing a decision on a possible deal, although Iran rejected reports that a final agreement had been reached to end the conflict.

According to US sources who spoke to AFP, the proposed deal was awaiting Trump’s approval. However, no decision was taken following a meeting in the White House Situation Room on Friday.

The capture of Beaufort Castle near the city of Nabatiyeh came after days of intense fighting and airstrikes in nearby villages, where Israeli troops fought Hezbollah members in the rugged area.

The capture of the castle marks a major gain for Israel since the latest Israel-Hezbollah war began in early March, and as the two countries that have been in a state of war since Israel was created in 1948 hold direct talks in Washington.

The Israeli army has claimed that it has captured a strategic castle in southern Lebanon in the deepest incursion into the country in 26 years, the AP news agency reported.

The Israeli military says a 21-year-old soldier has been killed in battle in southern Lebanon on Saturday. It said four others were also wounded in the same incident.

The Channel 12 broadcaster reported that the soldier was killed in a drone attack.

The Israeli military has said in a statement that its ground operations in Lebanon are expanding to additional areas, AFP reported.

Earlier, Axios reported that Donald Trump asked for “several amendments” to the preliminary agreement his envoys reached with Iran.

Now, the New York Times has also reported that Trump has “toughened the terms” of the potential framework and sent those proposed changes back to Iran for consideration.

The NYT report said it was not immediately clear what changes had been made to the agreement’s text.

Rising fuel prices, driven by the Middle East war, are driving a sharp increase in carpooling, with a ride-sharing platform reporting a surge in new users seeking cheaper ways to travel.

The world’s largest carpooling platform, BlaBlaCar, said soaring energy costs have pushed 600,000 additional drivers onto the app this year — 20 per cent more than initially projected — as commuters look to offset the rising cost of fuel.

In India, it’s single biggest market with more than 20 million users in 2025, the number of passengers has increased by 40 per cent since the start of the US-Israeli airstrikes against Iran on February 28.

President Donald Trump has sought to change several terms of a proposal to end the Middle East war, US media reported Saturday, as a finalised deal remains elusive among the parties.

The New York Times reported that Trump’s changes involved toughening the terms of the deal and sent the new framework back to be considered by Iran, according to officials familiar with the proceedings.

The report said it was not immediately clear what the changes entailed, but news site Axios reported that Trump wanted to reinforce multiple points of the deal he personally felt were important, such as what is done with Iran’s nuclear material.

The new tweaks could prolong negotiations between the parties for days before a decision is reached on whether the deal would end the war, which began after the US and Israel launched joint strikes on Iran on February 28.

US sources told AFP that the proposal had been awaiting Trump’s sign-off, but he made no decision after a White House Situation Room meeting on Friday.

Trump has said his priorities for any deal included Iran agreeing to never develop nuclear weapons and the reopening of the blockaded Strait of Hormuz, through which roughly 20 per cent of the world’s oil supply transits.

Al Jazeera Arabic reported that Israeli forces have demolished houses in the town of Dibbine in southern Lebanon.

With summer around the corner, soaring prices and other complications stemming from the war with Iran are straining the tourism-dependent economies of Southeast Asian countries, including Thailand and Vietnam.

The region’s peak tourist summer season is at risk as elevated jet fuel costs, coupled with ceasefire uncertainties, prompt flight cancellations and higher ticket prices.

Tourism in Asia has yet to fully recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, many countries are coping with the war’s repercussions for global energy supplies and prices, which hit Asia first and hardest. Some families are pulling back on travel as the cost of visiting gas stations and grocery stores rises worldwide. Crowds have thinned at some places once synonymous with travel.

A provision in a bill before the United States Congress could tie the American and Israeli militaries far more closely together, deepening their cooperation on weapons research, production and technology.

According to Al Jazeera, the proposal, titled the “United States-Israel Defense Technology Cooperation Initiative,” appears as Section 224 of the House Armed Services Committee’s version of the fiscal year 2027 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), the annual US defence policy bill.

The measure is still at an early stage. The NDAA is passed by Congress each year to set US military policy and authorise defence programmes and spending levels.

If enacted, the provision could mark a major change in one of the world’s closest military relationships, shifting the two countries from a partnership centred largely on American military aid towards one in which their defence industries are more deeply intertwined.

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) claimed that its air defence units shot down a US MQ-1 drone after it allegedly entered Iranian territorial airspace in the early hours of Sunday, according to Iranian semi-official news agency Tasnim.

According to the Iranian news agency, the statement said the aerial vehicle was immediately detected by the IRGC’s surveillance and air defence systems and was subsequently targeted by advanced air defence missiles. Iranian authorities claimed the drone was successfully destroyed.

The IRGC characterised the aircraft belonging to the US Army and justified the claimed shooting down of the drone as it claimed that the drone entered with the “intention of carrying out hostile operations.”

US President Donald Trump asked for several amendments to the deal his envoys reached with their Iranian counterparts during a Situation Room meeting on Friday, Axios reported, quoting a senior administration official and a second source briefed on the issue.