Donald Trump has said US objectives in Iran are “pretty well complete” and the war will be “ended soon”, a significant shift from his initial timeline for the operation of up to five weeks. In an earlier media interview, he declared the Iran war “very complete”;Oil prices surged by 20% to a four-year high this morning but tumbled back to below $90 a barrel after Trump’s indication the fighting would end soon. Iran earlier mocked the US over the surging oil price, branding its campaign “Operation Epic Mistake”;The US president also said he was “disappointed” with Iran’s choice for its new supreme leader. Mojtaba Khamenei is the 56-year-old son of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the former leader who was killed in the first US-Israeli strikes of the war;After criticism of the UK’s response to the war, RAF Typhoon jets have shot down and intercepted drones heading towards Jordan and Bahrain, the Ministry of Defence said;In a further test for NATO, Turkey said alliance defences shot down a ballistic missile in its airspace. It was the second intercepted missile from Iran in a ​week;Five female Iranian footballers have been granted humanitarian visas by Australia after fleeing a national team camp to seek refuge in the country.
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