Trump said Iran is ready to negotiate a ceasefire but that he is not prepared to make a deal yet.

“Iran wants to make a deal, and I don’t want to make it because the terms aren’t good enough yet.”

Source: NBC News

Trump said U.S. forces heavily damaged Iran’s key oil export hub, Kharg Island, during recent strikes.

“We totally demolished Kharg Island.”

He added the U.S. could strike it again:

“We may hit it a few more times just for fun.”

Trump also said the attack avoided major energy infrastructure:

“I didn’t do anything having to do with the energy lines, because having to rebuild that would take years.”

Source: NBC News

Trump cast doubt on whether Iran’s new Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, is still alive.

“I don’t know if he’s even alive. So far, nobody’s been able to show him.”

Trump said he had heard rumors about his condition:

“I’m hearing he’s not alive, and if he is, he should do something very smart for his country, and that’s surrender.”

Source: NBC News

Trump on Ukraine:

I’m surprised that Zelensky doesn’t want to make a deal. Tell Zelensky to make a deal because Putin’s willing to make a deal.

Zelensky is far more difficult to make a deal with.

Source: NBC News

Trump on Iran:

The last person we need help from is Zelensky.

Source: NBC News

Trump on the Iranian leadership:

We have people that are living that would be great leaders for the future of the country.

Source: NBC News

Trump said he’s “not concerned at all” about rising U.S. gas prices ahead of the midterms, predicting prices will fall and saying oil supply is “being clogged up a little bit… [but] will be unclogged very soon.”

Source: NBC News

Trump on Iran:

Russia is perhaps giving information, perhaps they’re not.

Source: NBC News

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards have vowed to “hunt down and kill” Benjamin Netanyahu.

Iraq’s Iranian-backed Kataib Hezbollah has released drone footage of an attack on the U.S. Victory Base near Baghdad International Airport.

It is believed to be the first time the group has successfully used an FPV attack drone to bypass U.S. defenses.

Tucker Carlson claims the CIA read his private text messages and is preparing a criminal referral to the Justice Department accusing him of violating the Foreign Agents Registration Act.

According to Carlson, the alleged case is based on him communicating with people in Iran before the war, though he says he was never acting as a foreign agent and believes the accusation is politically motivated.

Kim Jong Un, accompanied by his daughter Kim Ju Ae, observed a live-fire test of multiple rocket launch systems on Saturday.

North Korea said the test demonstrated its deterrence capability and its ability to strike targets up to 420 km away, potentially with tactical nuclear weapons.

South Korea detected about 10 ballistic missiles launched toward the eastern sea and condemned the test as a violation of UN Security Council resolutions.

Former Chevron executive Ali Moshiri quietly advised the CIA before the U.S. operation that captured Nicolás Maduro.

He warned that installing opposition leader María Corina Machado could destabilize Venezuela and instead recommended backing Maduro’s deputy, Delcy Rodríguez.

After Maduro’s capture, Washington supported Rodríguez as interim leader. Moshiri had deep ties to Venezuela’s leadership through Chevron and had shared insights with U.S. intelligence.

Source: WSJ

WATCH: Iran’s Space Research Centre in west Tehran has been heavily damaged by Israeli-US strikes.

The facility is a key hub for Iran’s satellite and intelligence-mapping research.

Source: Al Jazeera

IRGC:

If this child-killing criminal is alive, we will continue to pursue and kill him with full force.

Japan says the bar is “extremely high” for sending warships to the Strait of Hormuz, according to LDP policy chief Takayuki Kobayashi.

His comments came hours after Trump urged countries, including Japan, to help escort tankers.

Kobayashi said the option isn’t ruled out legally but must be considered very cautiously under current laws and the ongoing conflict.

The U.S. Department of Defense identified six Air Force members who died when a KC-135 refueling aircraft crashed in western Iraq earlier this week while supporting Operation Epic Fury.

Netanyahu has requested talks with Zelensky about Ukrainian interceptor drones.

The meeting is expected early next week.

Source: ynet

Zelensky:

Ukraine does not want to lose the support of the United States because of the war in Iran.