US war latest: Trump tells Tehran to ‘open the Strait or you’ll be living in hell’ in swear-laden rant

US president has threatened to hit Iran’s power plants if it doesn’t reopen the Strait of Hormuz by Monday
Donald Trump told Iran to “open the f***in’ Strait” or face “living in hell” in an extraordinary swear-laden rant on Sunday, with his deadline to make a deal by Monday afternoon closing in rapidly .

“Tuesday will be Power Plant Day, and Bridge Day, all wrapped up in one, in Iran,” the US president wrote, having threatened to hit Iranian power plants if his demands are not met by 2pm GMT tomorrow.

“There will be nothing like it!!!

Open the F***in’ Strait, you crazy b******s, or you’ll be living in Hell - JUST WATCH!

Praise be to Allah.

President DONALD J.

TRUMP.”
The bizarre rant followed an announcement that the US had recovered a stranded airman from Iran after his F-15E fighter jet was downed on Friday.

The president was triumphant in revealing a daring mission to bring back the officer “safe and sound” with dozens of aircraft even as Iranian forces closed in.

Building hit in missile strike launched by Iran on Israel, according to reports
A missile strike has been launched by Iran on Israel, according to reports.

At least one residential building has been majorly damaged in the attack on the Northern Israeli city of Haifa, OSINTdefender said on X.

Iranian parliament's speaker tells Trump: 'Our whole region will burn because you insist on following Netanyahu’s commands'
The Iranian parliament’s speaker has told Donald Trump “our whole region is going to burn because you insist on following Netanyahu’s commands”.

In a post on X, Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf said: “Your reckless moves are dragging the United States into a living HELL for every single family, and our whole region is going to burn because you insist on following Netanyahu’s commands.

Make no mistake: You won’t gain anything through war crimes.”
He added: “The only real solution is respecting the rights of the Iranian people and ending this dangerous game.”
Trump insists Middle East conflict should be over in 'days, not weeks'
Donald Trump has insisted that the Middle East conflict should be over in “days, not weeks”.

When asked by ABC’s Rachel Scott if his two-to-three-week timeline still holds, the US president said: “It should be days, not weeks.

It should be wrapped up in days because no sane group of people could stand the punishment that's going to rain down on them if it's not.”
Trump warns Iran he'll 'blow up whole country' if no deal is made
Donald Trump has warned that if Iran do not make a deal then he is “blowing up the whole country”.

The US president told ABC’s Rachel Scott: “If happens, it happens.

And if it doesn't, we're blowing up the whole country.” He added that “very little” is off limits.

When asked whether he would be open to changing his deadline for Tehran, Trump said: “I don't want to talk about it, they have plenty of time to make a deal.

If they don't want to make a deal, their whole country is gone.”
Russia's foreign minister tells Iranian counterpart he hopes for de-escalation in Middle East
Russia’s foreign minister Sergey Lavrov has expressed his hope for efforts to avoid escalation in the Middle East in a conversation with his Iranian counterpart Abbas Araghchi, the Russian government has said.

Trump says deal with Iran possible by Monday, according to reports
US president Donald ⁠Trump said ⁠a deal ​with ⁠Iran ⁠is ​possible by ⁠Monday, ‌and that Tehran ‌was negotiating, ‌Fox ⁠News reported on Sunday following an ‌interview with ​the ‌president.

Multiple splashes from projectiles reported near container ship in UAE, UKMTO says
The captain of ⁠a container ship has reported seeing ⁠multiple ​splashes ⁠from ⁠unknown ​projectiles in close ⁠proximity ‌to the ship ‌at UAE's ‌Khor ⁠Fakkan port, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) ‌said ​on ‌Sunday.

Watch: Netanyahu congratulates Trump on rescue of stranded airman from Iran
'This is not making America great again, this is evil.' MTG lays into Trump after expletive-ridden post
Marjorie Taylor Greene writes on social media to criticise Trump’s earlier post and policy as ‘evil’.

The former congresswoman and Trump ally says: “Everyone in his administration that claims to be a Christian needs to fall on their knees and beg forgiveness from God and stop worshipping the President and intervene in Trump’s madness.

I know all of you and him and he has gone insane, and all of you are complicit.”
She adds: “Trump threatening to bomb power plants and bridges hurts the Iranian people, the very people Trump claimed he was freeing ...

Christians in the administration should be pursuing peace.

Urging the President to make peace.

Not escalating war that is hurting people.”
“This [is] NOT what we promised the American people when they overwhelmingly voted in 2024, I know, I was there more than most.

This is not making America great again, this is evil.”
Pope Leo marks first Easter as pontiff with call for hope amid global conflicts
Pope Leo celebrated his first Easter Mass as pontiff with a call Sunday to exercise hope against “the violence of war that kills and destroys,’’ saying “we need this song of hope today” as conflicts spread around the world.

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