Trump ceasefire claim in doubt; Travel chaos; BoQ boss quits
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In today's news, Iran refutes Donald Trump's claim that it has agreed a ceasefire with Israel, the conflict spreads travel chaos, and BoQ's business banking chief quits just three months after his appointment.
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SBS Australia
6 minutes ago
- SBS Australia
Israel-Iran ceasefire: What we know so far about the deal
United States President Donald Trump has announced a ceasefire between Israel and Iran, which he says will end the 12-day conflict in stages over the next 24 hours. In the hours following, the Israeli military has reported multiple waves of Iranian missile attacks, which have killed at least three people in Israel, according to local reports. While an Iranian official told the Reuters news agency Iran had agreed to a ceasefire, there has been no comment from Israel at the time of publication. Iran's foreign minister Abbas Araghchi said there is no "agreement" on any ceasefire between Israel and Iran, but indicated the country is willing to scale back its attacks on Israel. He said if Israel stops its "illegal aggression", Iran will have no intention of continuing its response afterwards. A senior White House official said Israel had agreed to a ceasefire so long as Iran does not launch any further attacks. That caveat appears to have been voided, as Iran continued its barrage of Israel, with the Israeli military reporting additional waves of missiles fired from Iran towards Tel Aviv. One of the latest Iranian strikes has killed three people in Israel, according to emergency services, Magen David Adom, with half a dozen others injured. It's understood Trump made a call with Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to negotiate, while Qatar's Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani secured Iran's agreement to a deal. US vice president JD Vance, secretary of state Marco Rubio and US special envoy Steve Witkoff also held direct and indirect contact with the Iranians, according to Reuters. Trump appeared to suggest Israel and Iran would have some time to complete any missions that are underway, at which point the ceasefire would start in a staged process. "On the assumption that everything works as it should, which it will, I would like to congratulate both countries, Israel and Iran, on having the stamina, courage, and intelligence to end, what should be called, 'THE 12 DAY WAR'," he wrote on social media. Hours earlier, three Israeli officials had signalled Israel was looking to wrap up its campaign in Iran soon and had passed the message on to the US. Netanyahu had told government ministers, whose discussions ended early on Tuesday, not to speak publicly, Israel's Channel 12 television reported. After his ceasefire announcement, Trump told NBC News the deal is "unlimited. It's going to go forever". But there does not appear to be calm yet in the region. The Israeli military has issued five evacuation warnings to residents of areas in the Iranian capital Tehran. Israeli Army Radio reported early on Tuesday alarms were activated in the southern Golan Heights area due to fears of hostile aircraft intrusion. Earlier on Monday, Trump said he would encourage Israel to proceed towards peace after dismissing Iran's attack on a US air base that caused no injuries and thanking Iran for the early notice of the strikes. Iran's attack came after US bombers dropped 30,000-pound bunker-busters on Iranian underground nuclear facilities over the weekend, joining Israel's air war against Iran in a conflict that has entered its 12th day.
Sky News AU
12 minutes ago
- Sky News AU
Democrats ‘furious' Donald Trump took out Iran's nuclear capabilities
Sky News Digital Presenter Gabriella Power says some Democrats are 'furious' with US President Donald Trump because he took out Iran's nuclear capabilities. 'AOC and others have called for Donald Trump to be impeached for launching the strike on Iran without congressional approval,' Ms Power said. 'While many have been celebrating and thanking Donald Trump for having the courage to do this, others have been taking to the streets in cities around the world, protesting free Palestine and denouncing the bombing of Iran's nuclear sites.'
West Australian
15 minutes ago
- West Australian
Israel-Iran truce in effect, don't violate it: Trump
A ceasefire between Israel and Iran is now in place and both countries must not to violate it, US President Donald Trump says, only hours after Iran launched waves of missiles that Israel's ambulance service said killed four people. "THE CEASEFIRE IS NOW IN EFFECT. PLEASE DO NOT VIOLATE IT!" Trump said in a Truth Social post on Tuesday. When Trump announced on Monday what he called a complete ceasefire to end a 12-day war, he appeared to suggest Israel and Iran would have time to complete missions that were under way, at which point the ceasefire would begin in a staged process. Witnesses said they heard explosions near Tel Aviv and Beersheba in southern Israel before Trump's statement. Israel's military said six waves of missiles were launched by Iran and Israel's national ambulance service said four people were killed in Beersheba, the first reported deaths in Israel since Trump announced the ceasefire. Iran's semi-official SNN news agency reported on Tuesday that Tehran fired its last round of missiles before the ceasefire came into effect. A senior White House official said Trump had brokered a ceasefire deal in a call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Israel had agreed so long as Iran did not launch further attacks. An Iranian official earlier confirmed that Tehran had agreed to a ceasefire, but the country's foreign minister said there would be no cessation of hostilities unless Israel stopped its attacks. Abbas Araqchi said early on Tuesday that if Israel stopped its "illegal aggression" against the Iranian people no later than 4am Tehran time (10.30am AEST) on Tuesday, Iran had no intention of continuing its response afterwards. Israel, joined by the United States on the weekend, has carried out attacks on Iran's nuclear facilities, after alleging Tehran was getting close to obtaining a nuclear weapon. Iran denies ever having a nuclear weapons program but Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has said that if it wanted to, world leaders "wouldn't be able to stop us". Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani secured Tehran's agreement during a call with Iranian officials, an official briefed on the negotiations told Reuters on Tuesday. US Vice-President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and US special envoy Steve Witkoff were in direct and indirect contact with the Iranians, a White House official said. Hours earlier, three Israeli officials had signalled Israel was looking to wrap up its campaign in Iran soon and had passed the message on to the United States. US crude futures fell in early Asian trading hours on Tuesday to their lowest level in more than a week after Trump said a ceasefire had been agreed, relieving worries of supply disruption in the region. Earlier on Monday, Trump said he would encourage Israel to proceed towards peace after dismissing Iran's attack on an American air base that caused no injuries and thanking Tehran for the early notice of the strikes. He said Iran fired 14 missiles at the US air base, calling it "a very weak response, which we expected, and have very effectively countered". Iran's attack came after US bombers dropped 13.6-tonne bunker-buster bombs on Iranian underground nuclear facilities at the weekend, joining Israel's air war. Much of Tehran's population of 10 million has fled after days of bombing. The Trump administration maintains its aim was solely to destroy Iran's nuclear program, not to open a wider war. Trump has cited intelligence reports that Iran was close to building a nuclear weapon, without elaborating. However, US intelligence agencies said earlier in 2025 they assessed that Iran was not building a nuclear weapon and a source with access to US intelligence reports told Reuters last week that assessment had not changed. In a social media post on Sunday, Trump spoke of toppling the hardline clerical rulers who have been Washington's principal foes in the Middle East since Iran's 1979 Islamic Revolution. Israel, however, had made clear that its strikes on Evin prison - a notorious jail for housing political prisoners - and other targets in Tehran were intended to hit the Iranian ruling apparatus broadly, and its ability to sustain power.
