Iran-US war latest: Trump says he has a new peace plan from Tehran but they haven’t ‘paid a big enough price’ – UK Times

Three more people have been killed in Israel in airstrikes on a southern Lebanese town, as Israeli bombardment continues despite a temporary ceasefire agreed weeks ago.

According to Lebanon’s state media, at least three were killed in an Israeli attack on the town of Choukine, in the Nabatieh district.

Al Jazeera reports that this brings the death toll from Israeli attacks on Lebanon to 10.

US president Donald Trump said he had been told about the concept of a deal with Iran, but was waiting for the exact wording, while warning there was still the possibility of restarting strikes on the country if Tehran misbehaves.

A senior Iranian official said on Saturday that an Iranian proposal so far ⁠rejected by Trump would open shipping in the Strait of Hormuz and end the US blockade of Iran while leaving talks on Iran’s nuclear programme for later.

When asked about Iran’s proposal before boarding a flight to Miami at West Palm Beach, Florida, Trump replied: “They told me about the concept of the deal. They’re going to give me the exact wording now.”

He added on his social media channel that he could not imagine the proposals would be acceptable and that Iran had not paid a big enough price for what it had ⁠done.

Asked if he might restart strikes on Iran, Trump replied: “I don’t want to say ​that. I ⁠mean, I can’t tell that to a reporter. If they misbehave, if they do something bad, right now we’ll see. But it’s a possibility that could happen.”

• US president Donald Trump threatens new strikes if Iran “misbehaves”. “If they misbehave, if they do something bad – but right now, we’ll see. It’s a possibility that could happen, certainly,” he told reporters at the Palm Beach airport.
• A senior Iranian official said Tehran’s proposal to end the war that was rejected by Trump would open shipping in the Strait of Hormuz and end the US blockade of Iran while leaving talks on its nuclear programme for later.
• Two top Republican lawmakers expressed concern about the Pentagon’s decision to withdraw 5,000 troops from Nato ally Germany.
• The withdrawal announcement from the Trump administration led to Poland’s prime minister remarking that Nato was “disintegrating”.