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Iran protests latest: Trump says Tehran has ‘no plan’ to execute protesters as UK closes embassy

Close'No plans for executions': Trump claims killings in Iran have stoppedUS president Donald Trump said he's been told “on good authority” that plans for executions in Iran have stopped, even as Tehran pressed ahead with fast-track trials in its crackdown on protesters.
Trump previously told protesting Iranians that “help is on the way” and that his administration would “act accordingly” in response to the killing of thousands of demonstrators by the security forces.
The unrest in Iran has forced the UK to close its Tehran embassy and withdraw its staff from the country, while both Poland and Italy have urged their citizens to leave.
The UK is also withdrawing staff from a military base in Qatar, and the US is reducing its personnel numbers at its Qatari Al-Udeid air base – the Middle East's largest US base, which houses around 10,000 troops.
Tehran warned other regional countries that it would attack if the US launched military action on it in response to the dead..

Head of US command overseeing Trump ‘drug boat’ strikes steps down after expressing concern with the attacks: report

Admiral Alvin Holsey, the head of the U.S. Southern Command overseeing strikes on what the Trump administration claims are Venezuelan drug boats, has stepped down after expressing concern with the attacks, according to a new report.
Over the past few weeks, Special Operations forces have launched hits on at least five boats off the Venezuelan coast in the Caribbean Sea that the White House claims were transporting drugs. A total of 27 people have been killed in the strikes.
Just this week, Trump announced a boat strike that killed six suspected drug traffickers.
“The strike was conducted in International Waters, and six male narcoterrorists aboard the vessel were killed in the strike. No U.S. Forces were harmed. Thank you for your attention to this matter!!!!!!” Trump wrote on Truth Social Tuesday.
Two days later, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Holsey’s early retirement from the Navy. Holsey assumed the commander role just this past November after serving as the deputy com..

Iran-US war latest: Israel launches massive strikes on Lebanon as Hegseth claims US has won ‘capital V’ victory

Israel strikes Lebanon with no warning after saying Iran ceasefire doesn’t apply thereDozens have been killed and hundreds injured in Israeli strikes on Lebanon on Wednesday, according to the country’s health ministry.
The Israeli military told The Independent that it had completed the “largest strike” on the country since the start of the conflict.
Israel had said it welcomed a ceasefire between Iran and the US but said the agreement “does not include Lebanon”. It launched strikes on Beirut and Tyre on Wednesday and claimed to be targeting Hezbollah fighters.
Hezbollah said it had paused fighting in light of the ceasefire and urged Israel to do the same.
Meanwhile, US defence secretary Pete Hegseth said that the American military will be “hanging around” in Iran as he declared the US had won a “decisive military victory”.
Trump announced the agreement on Tuesday, hours after he threatened to wipe Iranian civilisation off the map. The two-week ceasefire will lead to Iran reopening..