Iranian minister mocks Trump while visiting Putin as US says Tehran ceasefire proposal is ‘better than we expected’ – Live updates

Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi openly mocked Donald Trump’s claims that he is winning the war in the Middle East.

He asked: ‘Then why did he ask for negotiations? It is clear that Iran is standing against the world’s greatest superpower, and it has not achieved even one of its goals.

‘That’s why he wants negotiations and we’re currently considering that option.’

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio told Fox News last night that Iran’s ceasefire proposals were ‘better than we thought they would offer’.

However, he questioned whether they were real.

Tehran had previously conveyed ‘written messages’ to Washington through Pakistan, explaining its red lines in negotiations, including nuclear issues and the Strait of Hormuz.

Iran’s deputy defense minister said his country was ready to share its defensive weapons capabilities ‘with independent countries, especially members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO)’.

Reza Talaei-Nik made this bold statement at the SCO meeting consisting of China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, India, Pakistan and Belarus.

The IDF said it activated its air defenses to shoot down a ‘suspicious aerial target’ this morning.

The image was seen in Southern Lebanon, where the Israeli army launched an attack.

Meanwhile, Lebanese media reported new Israeli attacks towards the morning.

IDF soldiers reportedly fired heavy machine guns in Bint Jbeil and launched three attacks on Zawtar Al Sharqiya, both in southern Lebanon.

Tehran’s embassy in London is urging Iranian expatriates to ‘sacrifice their lives for their homeland’ and return to the Middle East.

Diplomats at the embassy asked ‘all the brave and noble children of Iran’ living in the UK to sign up for the war effort program ‘for the defense of the people’s land’.

He added: ‘Let us all give our lives willingly. ‘It’s better than giving the country to the enemy.’

Oil giant BP admitted that rising oil prices caused by the war in the Middle East caused its profits to more than double.

In its financial results for the first three months of the year, it was stated that underlying profit reached $3.198 billion (£2.366 billion).

This is significantly more than doubling what analysts expected to reach $2.7bn (£1.99bn).

A superyacht linked to sanctioned Russian billionaire and Putin ally Alexey Mordashov passed through the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday, new shipping data shows.

The Nord, a 465-metre yacht worth more than $500 million (£369 million), left Dubai marina at around 2pm on Friday afternoon, crossed the strait on Saturday morning and arrived in Muscat in the early hours of Sunday.

That makes it one of very few ships to pass through the blockaded shipping lane at the center of the US-Iran conflict.

It is unclear how the multi-decker tour boat got permission to use the route. Since February, Iran has severely restricted traffic through the strait, which supplies about one-fifth of the world’s oil supply.

Sir Keir Starmer will lead talks on the economic impact of the Iran crisis amid renewed calls from dozens of countries to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.

The Prime Minister will meet the Middle East Response Committee with ministers and representatives of the Bank of England on Tuesday to discuss the ongoing economic impact of the war.

Ministers are expected to meet in one of the Cabinet Office briefing rooms.

The government has previously warned that the economic impact could last eight months after the end of the war.

For Somalia’s malnourished children, already suffering from the double whammy of looming famine and radical cuts in foreign aid, the US-Israeli war against Iran means more than rising gas pump prices; This is a matter of life and death.

A shortage of life-saving therapeutic food, exacerbated by shipping disruptions, is forcing clinics to turn away severely malnourished children and ration supplies, Reuters reports.

Almost half a million children under 5 are suffering from ‘severe acute malnutrition’ or ‘wasting’, the most life-threatening form of hunger, and delays are worsening the impact of aid cuts.