President Donald Trump says he has told Iran that it is now “too late” to talk as strikes across the Gulf continue.
“Their air defence, Air Force, Navy, and Leadership is gone. They want to talk. I said 'Too Late!',” Mr Trump wrote in a Truth Social post on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, Israel has attacked Iran’s Presidential Office , expanding the four-day conflict with heavy strikes on Tehran and Beirut which reduced large buildings to piles of smoldering rubble.
“Numerous munitions” were dropped on the Presidential Office, which was used by former supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei , and the Supreme National Security Council, the IDF said.
Strikes on Iran have killed at least 787 people since Saturday, according to the Red Crescent. The US -based Human Rights Activists in Iran (HRANA) reports that 176 children are among the dead.
Israeli troops have also been deployed to southern Lebanon in a major escalation of the war in the Middle East, Israel ’s defense minister has said.
It comes as US embassy staff in Oman are instructed to take cover due to the risk of fresh Iranian retaliation.
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IDF orders dozens of villages to evacuate as it advances in Lebanon
As we reported earlier, Israeli troops have entered southern Lebanon in an escalation to the ongoing conflict in the Middle East.
The Israeli military has issued evacuation orders for residents of more than two dozen southern Lebanese towns.
It is clear how many troops are in Lebanon and how far they have gone - we're working to bring you as much information as possible.
A Lebanese official earlier told Reuters that Israeli troops were carrying out incursions along some parts of the border. Witnesses told the news agency that the army had pulled out of at least seven forward operating positions along the border.
The Israeli military insists it is only at the border area “in a defensive manner to prevent attacks against civilians and very important strategic points.”
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Iran casts doubts over usefulness of US talks
Iran's ambassador to the UN in Geneva cast doubt on the prospect of negotiations with the United States on Tuesday.
The remarks came on the fourth day of aa conflict which erupted when the US and Israel launched airstrikes against Iran in the early hours of Saturday.
“For the time being we are very doubtful about the usefulness of negotiation,” Ali Bahreini, ambassador of the Iranian mission to the UN in Geneva, told reporters.
Full story: UK government charter flight to extricate British nationals from Middle East 'in coming days'
A government charter flight will take off from Oman “in the coming days”, the foreign secretary confirmed.
Yvette Cooper also told the Commons 130,000 British nationals have signed up to the 'register your presence' program in the Middle East as of Tuesday morning. This will allow them to receive updates from the British government as the situation unfolds.
She told MPs: “Members will know that in many of these countries, the airspace is still closed, but I am in close contact with my counterparts across the region, speaking again yesterday with the UAE on the excellent support that they are providing and some of the departures that they are now securing as this becomes viable.”
Bryony Gooch reports:
UK charter flight to extricate British nationals from Middle East 'in coming days'
Russia's Rosatom says it has 'no contact' with Iranian nuclear officials
Russia's state nuclear energy company has said it has “no contact” with Iranian nuclear industry officials, in a statement on Tuesday.
“We cannot say what is happening,” the company said.
It comes as Iran accused the US and Israel of striking a nuclear facility, but the UN's nuclear watchdog has insisted that no facilities were impacted.
Iranian missile falls in central Israel, says Israeli military
The Israeli military has said an Iranian missile fell in central Israel on Tuesday.
At least 11 people have been killed across the country in retaliatory attacks after US-Israeli strikes began over the weekend.
Israeli authorities said cargo ships were being used to bring back dozens of essential medical staff stuck abroad.
“Search and rescue forces, together with numerous emergency teams, are currently operating at the impact sites in central Israel,” the military said.
“The circumstances of the impact are under review.”
Iran denies carrying out attacks on Oman, says state media
The Iranian government has denied carrying out attacks on Oman, according to Iranian state media.
It comes amid reports that a drone hit a fuel tank at Oman's Duqm port on Tuesday.
UK foreign minister Yvette Cooper said that plans were in place to evacuate vulnerable Britons from the Gulf state.
German foreign ministry summons Iranian ambassador
Iran's ambassador in Germany has been summoned by the German foreign ministry on Tuesday, in an attempt to stop the country's attacks in the Gulf.
“We have unequivocally called on the Iranian regime to immediately cease its reckless attacks on countries in the region,” the ministry posted on X.
It said it condemned Iran's “arbitrary and disproportionate” missile and drone attacks, including on civilian targets.
Trump says it is 'too late' for Iran to talk to US
President Donald Trump has cut off hope of talks with Iran, saying it was “too late.”
“Their air defense, air force, navy and leadership is gone,” he wrote in a post on Truth Social on Tuesday. “They want to talk. I said: 'Too late!'”
Moscow says nuclear power plant in Iran under threat due to conflict
The Bushehr nuclear power plant in Iran is under threat due to growing conflict in the Middle East, the head of Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom said on Tuesday, according to the RIA news agency.
Rosatom said on Saturday it had evacuated nearly 100 people from Iran, but its personnel have remained at the plant, which was built by Russia in the Iranian port city of Bushehr.
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