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Israel agrees to deepen ‘close’ security cooperation with US – as it happened [1]

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Date: 2025-06-24

4d ago 07.38 EDT Trump insists ceasefire is 'in effect' Donald Trump has posted once more on his Truth Social, insisting the ceasefire is “in effect”. Trump posted: ISRAEL is not going to attack Iran. All planes will turn around and head home, while doing a friendly “Plane Wave” to Iran. Nobody will be hurt, the Ceasefire is in effect! Thank you for your attention to this matter! DONALD J. TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES Share

4d ago 07.33 EDT French president Emmanuel Macron has said that the situation surrounding Iran remained “volatile” despite Donald Trump’s ceasefire declaration, Reuters reports. “The situation clearly remains volatile and unstable,” Macron told reporters during a visit to Norway. “I think it’s a very good thing that President Trump is calling for a ceasefire.” AFP reports that Macron also said that “one of the main risks for the region and the international community” was that Iran would attempt to enrich uranium covertly. “This risk has indeed increased with what has happened recently,” Macron told reporters, adding that “we must absolutely prevent Iran from going down this path”. View image in fullscreen French president Emmanuel Macron and Norway’s Crown Prince Haakon arrive to lay a wreath at the monument to the Royal Norwegian Navy in Oslo, Norway, 24 June 2025. Photograph: Cornelius Poppe/EPA Share Updated at 07.39 EDT

4d ago 07.21 EDT Trump swears in angry outburst at Iran and Israel Donald Trump said that Israel has to “calm down” after he said both Israel and Iran violated a ceasefire he tried to broker. “I gotta get Israel to calm down now,” Trump said as he left the White House, Reuters reports. “Israel, as soon as we made the deal, they came out and they dropped a load of bombs, the likes of which I’ve never seen before, the biggest load that we’ve seen. “We basically have two countries that have been fighting so long and so hard that they don’t know what the fuck they’re doing.” Share Updated at 07.48 EDT

4d ago 07.10 EDT Iran said on Tuesday that at least 610 people had been killed and over 4,700 wounded since the start of the war with Israel on 13 June, AFP reports. “Over the past 12 days, hospitals... have been confronted with extremely harrowing scenes,” health ministry spokesman Hossein Kermanpour said on X, announcing the increase from the previously reported toll of more than 400 dead and 3,056 wounded. Share Updated at 07.13 EDT

4d ago 06.58 EDT Summary of the day so far It has been an eventful few hours in the Middle East, with both sides of the Iran-Israel conflict accusing the other of breaching the ceasefire agreement brokered by the US. Below is a summary of the latest events that have unfolded: US president Donald Trump said on Tuesday that both Israel and Iran violated a ceasefire he announced hours earlier and he was not happy with either country but especially Israel. Speaking to reporters before leaving for the Nato summit in The Hague, Trump said Israel “unloaded” right after agreeing to the deal.

Israeli defence minister Israel Katz said he has ordered the country’s military to respond forcefully to what he said was Iran’s violation of a ceasefire with Israel. The directive followed an announcement by the military that it had detected missile launches from Iran towards Israel 2.5 hours after the start of the ceasefire brokered by US president Donald Trump, which he said came into effect in a post on Truth Social at 06:08 GMT.

Katz’s comments came after the Israeli government confirmed reports that it agreed to a ceasefire proposal brokered by the US, after almost two weeks of direct military conflict with Iran. The statement noted Israel achieved all of the operation’s objectives, removing “dual immediate existential threat from itself – both in the nuclear and ballistic missile fields”.

Iran denied it launched missiles at Israel in the “last few hours”, after Israel accused it of doing so after US president Donald Trump’s announcement of a ceasefire. The general staff of the Iranian army “denied the launch of missiles from Iran to the occupied territories (Israel) in the last few hours”.

Iran also accused Israel of breaching the ceasefire. The spokesperson of Iran’s Khatam al-Anbiya central military headquarters said Israel struck Iran in three stages up until 9am local time (05:30 GMT) on Tuesday. Iranian state TV earlier said a ceasefire would take place in Iran from 7:30am local time on Tuesday, with the country’s armed forces accusing Israel of launching strikes after this time.

The number of people killed by Israeli fire while waiting for aid trucks in central Gaza has risen to 25, according to Palestinian witnesses and hospitals. The military said it was reviewing reports of casualties from Israeli fire after a group of people approached troops in an area adjunct to the east-west Netzarim corridor, which bisects Gaza.

The UN human rights office said on Tuesday that the “weaponisation” of food for civilians in Gaza constitutes a war crime, in its strongest remarks yet on a new model of aid distribution run by an Israeli-backed organisation. Thameen Al-Kheetan told reporters at a Geneva press briefing that “desperate, hungry people in Gaza continue to face the inhumane choice of either starving to death or risk being killed while trying to get food”. Share

4d ago 06.54 EDT Shortly after stating that Israel and Iran had both violated the ceasefire agreement he brokered, Donald Trump warned Israel not to drop further bombs on Iran. He said in a post on Truth Social: ISRAEL. DO NOT DROP THOSE BOMBS. IF YOU DO IT IS A MAJOR VIOLATION. BRING YOUR PILOTS HOME, NOW! DONALD J. TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES Share

4d ago 06.49 EDT Trump says both Israel and Iran violated ceasefire US president Donald Trump said on Tuesday that both Israel and Iran violated a ceasefire he announced hours earlier and he was not happy with either country but especially Israel, Reuters reports. Speaking to reporters before leaving for the Nato summit in The Hague, Trump said Israel “unloaded” right after agreeing to the deal. Regarding Iran, Trump said the country’s nuclear capacities are gone and it would never rebuild its nuclear programme. View image in fullscreen US president Donald Trump speaks with reporters before boarding Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House, Tuesday, 24 June 2025. Photograph: Evan Vucci/AP Share Updated at 06.57 EDT

4d ago 06.43 EDT Iran’s prison authority has “transferred” prisoners out of Evin prison after it was hit by Israeli strikes, the judiciary said on Tuesday, Agence France-Presse (AFP) reports. The prison authority “transferred the inmates who were serving their sentences in this prison (Evin) to other facilities within Tehran province... to safeguard the rights of the prisoners and to provide space for emergency response teams”, the judiciary’s Mizan online website said. Local media reported the process had been completed, but it was not clear how many prisoners were transferred. It comes as judiciary spokesperson Asghar Jahangir said parts of the administrative building of the prison had been damaged by Monday’s strike. Share

4d ago 06.29 EDT The French foreign ministry called on Iran to engage immediately in negotiations for an accord over its nuclear and ballistic programme, Reuters reports. The ministry said in a statement: France urges Iran to engage without delay in negotiations leading to an agreement that addresses all concerns related to its nuclear and ballistic programs and its destabilizing activities. France also said it welcomed US president Donald Trump’s announcement of a ceasefire between Iran and Israel. Share

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