After speaking to congressional Republicans a few minutes ago, US President Donald Trump is now addressing reporters at a news conference.

He starts by saying saying the US has made "major strides" and the mission is "pretty much complete".

"[We have] completely wiped every single force in Iran," he said.

The president adds that more than 5,000 targets have been struck so far, including locations responsible for drone manufacturing, Iranian navel power and missile capability.

"Their missile capability is down to about 10% - maybe less," he says.

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US President Donald Trump has been speaking to congressional Republicans at a party conference in Florida.

He made comments about the US war in Iran describing it as a "little excursion" away from his agenda. Here's a recap of what he said,

• Trump says he ordered strikes on Iran first because "within a week they were going to attack" the US. "They had all these missiles far more than anyone thought," he says
• The president says the US has destroyed 80% of Iran's missile launchers and navy adding that while the US has achieved many victories in the war, there was more to come
• "We have already won in many ways, but we haven't won enough," Trump says. "We go forward more determined that will achieve ultimate victory that will end this long-running danger once and for all."
• He acknowledged the war is having some economic impacts saying the US stock market, which has slumped, were "going to go a lot higher as soon as we get rid of this stuff that we're doing right now... We really had no choice."

The president is now holding a news conference and we are listening in for new lines on Iran.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) says it has launched a broad wave of attacks against "targets of the Iranian terrorist regime in Tehran". It's the second attack launched by Israel today.

Bernd Debusmann Jr
Travelling with the president

At the speech in Miami, Trump has again repeated the administration's rationale for launching the strikes on Iran - suggesting that the war was a preemptive strike.

Iran, he says, was increasingly prepared to launch strikes on its neighbours and potentially a nuclear weapon at Israel, had they been able to successfully manufacture a device.

This claim is often repeated by Trump and other administration officials, some of whom have said that Iran could have rapidly enriched uranium to a weapons-grade 90% within weeks.

Firm evidence has not been provided by the administration.

The president is also dismissive of the impact of Iran's strikes on Gulf neighbours, noting that many of those countries were "kind of neutral" but have been pushed closer to the US.

That's something that several defence experts told me this week. Iran, they said, was hoping to add pressure on the Gulf countries to lobby Trump to stop the strikes, but ultimately may have accomplished the opposite.

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President Donald Trump is continuing with his speech, saying the war will "be finished pretty quickly".

"Within a week they were going to attack us 100%. They were ready. They had all these missiles far more than anyone thought, and they were going to attack us, but they were going to attack all of the Middle East and Israel.

"And if they had a nuclear weapon, they would have used it on Israel. And this was going to be a major attack. I know they had all of those missile sites and all those launchers that we got rid of, about 80% of them right now, by the way, got rid of most of the, you know, see, it's died down to a trickle. They have very few launches left."

Trump continues by saying the military had been "amazing".

"And the missiles have been largely knocked out. the drones have been knocked down, and we're hitting where they make the drones," Trumps says.

"We know them all, and we're knocking the hell out of that. Now, where they manufacture the drones. A lot of work, a lot of brilliant work. But we're going to have a much safer world as soon as it's finished, and it's going to be finished pretty quickly."

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Trump is speaking about Iran again in Florida, a couple of hours after saying the war is "very complete, pretty much".

He says: "We took a little excursion because we felt we had to do that to get rid of some evil. Then, I think you'll see it's going to be a short term excursion."

He goes on to say: "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. "

Trump also refers to the killing of Iran's most senior military leader during his first term, Qasem Soleimani.

He says: "They may have been much more capable than they are, had he lived. Because he was capable. He was vicious, violent and capable. But we got rid of him first."

Bernd Debusmann Jr
Travelling with the president

Trumps remarks so far have provided little detail into Operation Epic Fury, or his plans for Iran.

The president, however, is clearly pleased with how this is going from a military standpoint, lauding the capabilities of the US military and their success in the war so far.

"Together with our Israeli partners, we're crushing the enemy and overwhelming display of technical skill and military force," he said.

Notably, Trump says that "now nobody has any idea who the people are that are going to be the head of the country" - suggesting, perhaps, he's dismissive of Iran's new Supreme Leader or willing to dial back the air offensive.

"We haven't won enough," he added.

Bernd Debusmann Jr
Traveling with the president

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Donald Trump has just taken the stage at the Republican lawmaker's retreat in Miami, to raucous applause as the song often known as "Proud To Be An American" blasted from the speakers.

Trump immediately turns to domestic issues but says the US was drawn into a "short-term" military operation to "get rid of some very evil people".

"How good is our military?," he asked the crowd. "I rebuilt the military... I didn't think I'd have to use it so much in my second term."

This is a nod to an important domestic politics, with high gas prices presenting a potential problem for the President, who often points to lower petrol prices as a sign that his economic agenda is effective.

Many of those in the crowd will be anxious to hear how he plans to address that issue ahead of what House Speaker Mike Johnson referred to as "the most consequential" midterms of our lifetimes.

Kuwait's military says its air defences are shooting down drones and missiles after a new wave was launched from Iran.

US President Donald Trump is about to speak to a conference of congressional Republicans at his golf course in the Miami suburb of Doral. We'll be watching for any updates or comments he makes on Iran.

And later, the president will be giving a more in-depth news conference where we expect Iran to be a major topic.

Steve Rosenberg
Russia editor, in Moscow

Late on Monday, the Kremlin announced that President Trump had called President Putin to discuss “the current international situation”: chiefly, Iran and Ukraine.

According to Yuri Ushakov, Vladimir Putin’s foreign policy advisor, the conversation lasted around an hour and was “businesslike, frank and constructive.”

Mr Ushakov told journalists that President Putin had “expressed several thoughts aimed at achieving a swift political-diplomatic resolution of the Iran conflict, based among other things on contacts held with leaders of Gulf states, the President of Iran, and leaders of other countries.”

From the Kremlin, for now, no further details about these “thoughts” and what kind of proposals Vladimir Putin may have put to Donald Trump.

Trump has spoken to at least three US publications over the course of today about the Iran war.

He told CBS News "I think the war is very complete, pretty much", and said the US was "very far ahead of schedule".

Speaking to NBC, external, he left open the prospect of acquiring Iranian oil, saying "certainly people have talked about it".

And in an interview with the New York Post, external, he said the administration was "nowhere near" making a decision on whether to order US troops into Iran.

We're due to hear more from Trump at 21:30 GMT (17:30 eastern time).

Anthony Zurcher
North America correspondent

Is Donald Trump ready to declare victory in the Iran war? His comments to CBS News seem to suggest this.

Of course, what victory means in a war whose goals were vague and frequently contradictory is not entirely clear.

The president has said that Iran’s military has been significantly degraded. “There’s nothing left,” he told CBS.

But if the goals were to definitively eliminate the nation’s nuclear programme or to shepherd in a more US-friendly government, the success has been much less certain.

Trump was starting to feel the heat, however. Over the weekend, oil prices had shot up to more than $120 a barrel. American stock market futures and foreign exchanges indexes were sinking. By yesterday evening, Trump had posted on social media that higher oil was a “small price to pay” for US and global security.

Following Trump’s assurances on Monday afternoon that an end is in sight, the US stock market rebounded and oil prices dropped precipitously.

That may reflect a firm belief that the president is, in fact, planning to wrap up his military operation and fears of a protracted regional conflict were overstated.

Or it could be wishful thinking. History has proven that starting war may be easy, but ending one – particularly in the Middle East – is much more challenging.

Donald Trump has given a phone interview to CBS News, the BBC's US media partner, in which he has signalled the war could end sooner than the administration has previously indicated.

The US president is due to give a press conference in around ninety minutes where we may here or more. While we wait, here are his comments to CBS in full.

On the progress of the war: "I think the war is very complete, pretty much. They have no navy, no communications, they've got no air force. Their missiles are down to a scatter. Their drones are being blown up all over the place, including their manufacturing of drones. If you look, they have nothing left. There's nothing left in a military sense."

On original timeline for operation:"We're very far ahead of schedule... I don't know, it depends. Wrapping up is all in my mind, nobody else's."

On Iranian missiles: "They've shot everything they have to shoot, and they better not try anything cute or it's going to be the end of that country... If they do anything bad, that would [be] the end of Iran and you'd never hear the name again."

On the Strait of Hormuz: US is "thinking about taking it over" and could do "a lot".

On if he has a preferred new Iranian leader in mind: "I don't want to say anything about that but yeah, I do."

On the new supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei: "I have no message for him. None, whatsoever."

Donald Trump has suggested the war against Iran could be over soon, telling the BBC’s US media partner CBS News: “I think the war is very complete, pretty much."

He says the US is “very far ahead of schedule", adding Iran has “no navy, no communications, they've got no air force,” and claims their missiles are “down to a scatter”.

When asked if he thinks the war could be over soon, Trump responds: “Wrapping up is all in my mind.”

The White House has previously indicated the war, which is on its tenth day, could last for more than a month.

Israel has issued another order telling people to take shelter after identifying a wave of missiles launched by Iran.

There have been several similar notices throughout the day but there have not been reports of significant damage.

Ben Tavener
Reporting from Moscow

Russian President Vladimir Putin says the US-Israel war with Iran has sparked a global energy crisis, but offered to help ease the situation with oil and gas supplies, including to European countries.

Speaking in televised comments in front of officials and oil and gas bosses, he warns that oil production that depended on deliveries via the Strait of Hormuz could soon grind to a complete halt.

"[Production] has already started to decline," he says.

The Russian president says his country is ready to help countries with their oil and gas supplies - even European nations - as long as long contracts could be signed and politics was kept out of the equation. He hails Russian exporters as "distinguished by their stability".

Russia is the world's second largest exporter of oil and holds the world's biggest reserves of natural gas, according to Reuters.

Most, but not all, Europeans countries have attempted to wean themselves off Russian energy supplies after Putin ordered troops into Ukraine in February 2022.

Putin also says Russian oil companies should take advantage of the "probably temporary" spike in oil prices to pay off some of their debts. The Russian government will also no doubt want to use the hike in oil prices to help cut the deficit in the country's public finances.

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On Sunday night, Iranian state media confirmed that Mojtaba Khamenei will replace his father Ali Khamenei as the country's new supreme leader, after the Ayatollah was killed on the first day of the US and Israeli strikes.

When asked last week by BBC Panorama whether Israel would kill Khamenei’s successor if they don’t approve of them, Israel’s economy minister Nir Barkat said "as long as we see threat... from that leadership, we will take them on".

Since the Islamic revolution put the clerics in charge, Iran has funded armed groups, fought proxy wars with its neighbours and brutally repressed its own people.

Now under a hail of bombs and missiles, Iran is being told to change course. But can even the world’s most powerful military make that happen?

At War: Trump, Israel and Iran is on BBC One and iPlayer from 8pm tonight.

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Lebanese President Joseph Aoun has called for a "complete ceasefire with a cessation of all Israeli land, air, and sea attacks on Lebanon".

Israel has carried out extensive strikes against Hezbollah - which is based in Lebanon and exercises control in some areas, but is opposed by the government.

The escalation began on 2 March when the Iranian-backed armed group launched rockets and drones at Israel to avenge the killing of Iranian leader Ali Khamenei.

Aoun asked for international support for his country's armed forces to allow them to take control of Hezbollah-controlled areas and to disarm the group.

He said Israel and Lebanon should begin negotiations with international oversight.

Simon Jack
Business editor

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All countries that are members of the International Energy Association are required to keep reserves of oil in case of disruptions to global oil supplies. The UK is a member and meets that obligation.

The EU has a similar mechanism. Both require countries to have roughly 90 days' worth of supply in reserve for moments like this.

The oil itself is not in a single geographic location. Oil producers like Shell and BP keep stocks at terminals and refineries around the UK and can earmark stocks held elsewhere as counting towards their reserves.

When it's released, it doesn't mean a sudden flood of new oil starts moving. It means that producers will make more available in the market for refineries to order.

However, energy analysts have told the BBC that given there is a shortage of refining capacity, the release is not a magic switch to increase the flow of refined products like petrol and jet fuel.

The releasing of the reserves is more of a confidence or sentiment boosting measure to reassure markets that governments have recognised the threats and are acting in co-ordination to address them.

In short, it may not see oil prices fall but it may stop them climbing as much as they otherwise would have done.