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Trump rejects leaked intelligence that says strikes did not destroy Iran nuclear programme - live updates

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    President Donald Trump and and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte look at each other as they pose for a family photo for the 2025 NATO summit in The Hague, Netherlands,Image source, Reuters

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    President Donald Trump and and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte look at each other as they pose for a family photo for the NATO summit in The Hague

  • Over the course of a dizzying 24 hours beginning on Monday, events in the Middle East have moved quickly.

    A US airbase came under attack, the White House mediated a ceasefire between Iran and Israel, and the deal came close to unravelling.

    Read our in-depth look at how those 24 hours unfolded here.

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    Video shows air defences over Qatar as Iran attacks US base

  • Doubts have lingered over the future of Iran's nuclear programme after the US strikes over the weekend, in the absence of solid evidence that America's bombing raid penetrated the deep-underground uranium enrichment sites.

    President Trump and others in his administration have insisted that Saturday's strikes "totally obliterated" Tehran's programme.

    But a new intelligence report produced by the Pentagon's Defense Intelligence Agency has cast doubt on this claim.

    Its findings state that the strikes on Iran's nuclear facilities did not destroy the Iranian nuclear programme, and have probably only set it back by months.

    In response, the White House said the assessment is "flat-out wrong" and is "a clear attempt to demean" President Trump.

  • So far, so quiet. For the first time in almost two weeks, residents in Israel and Iran have not been awoken by the sounds of sirens or explosions. Let's have look back at Tuesday's developments:

    • The Israeli and the Iranian governments both claimed victory in their recent conflict
    • Trump is attending the Nato summit in the Netherlands, where the focus is on defence spending among the countries that make up the alliance
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    Trump uses expletive in warning to Iran and Israel

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