Janet Jalil

Mr. Trump has not addressed the nation directly since the start of the war against Iran on Saturday, but has released this video message as well as another one and had several telephone interviews with journalists. Senior officials from his administration, including the US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, are due to make their case for the attack on Iran before Congress on Tuesday. Democratic Senator Chris Murphy spoke to CBS about Mr. Trump.

North America-korrespondent David Willis gave me his take on President Trump's latest comments.

With each American casualty, the pressure grows on Donald Trump to bring about a quick solution to this conflict. And with so many elements of it out of his control, that leaves him in a very uncertain, some might say precarious, position. A Reuters poll suggests only one in four Americans approve of this military operation, and so much depends on how quickly he can pull this off.

Today, as you mentioned, he conceded it could take a month or longer to resolve the situation in the Middle East.

And what's worrying his critics even more is the fact that he seems to be sending out mixed messages. One moment telling Iranians to rise up, then saying he's open to talks with the regime. And it's still not really clear what his ultimate endgame is in Iran. It is not clear, you're right, what his objectives are here. Is this about regime change or the elimination of Iran's nuclear missile program?

or destroying Iran's navy. We really don't know for certain. And neither does Congress, which is why we've heard growing calls in recent days for the Trump administration to explain its actions to lawmakers and to give some idea of a likely timetable and to find, of course, what constitutes an endgame as far as this operation in Iran is concerned.

Mr. Trump has issued two video statements, but aside from a couple of brief calls with White House reporters, he has been uncharacteristically silent. He didn't speak with reporters on his journey back to the White House on Air Force One this evening, nor on his return to Washington D.C.,

And it has since emerged that administration officials, including the Secretary of State Marco Rubio, have now agreed to brief members of Congress tomorrow. And the U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, who's also maintained radio silence up to now, is due to give a press conference tomorrow morning. And another figure who's been pretty silent is J.D. Vance, the U.S. Vice President. What should we read into that?

Well, that's interesting because Mr. Vance is one who is known to have pushed for a diplomatic solution to the crisis with Iran. One that those in Oman who were playing mediator to these talks between Iran and the United States suggested was within...

David Willis.

For the first time since the US-Israeli strikes began on Saturday, one of Iran's proxies in the region, Hezbollah, has entered the war. It fired rockets and drones at Israel, the first time it's done so since a ceasefire came into effect with Israel nearly a year and a half ago.

In return, the Israeli military carried out strikes on Hezbollah strongholds in the Lebanese capital Beirut and ordered residents of dozens of villages in southern Lebanon to evacuate. Lina Sinjab in Beirut told us more about the situation there.

Joe Floto in Tel Aviv. President Trump has repeatedly urged people in Iran to rise up against their government despite the huge security forces it still has at its disposal. Security forces that last month did not hesitate to gun down thousands of peaceful protesters. So how likely is it that the people of Iran will once again take to the streets? BBC Persians Batman Kalbasi is monitoring the situation there.

Bauman Kalbasi. He also told us there is still very limited internet access in Iran. Many Iranians outside the country are struggling to contact their relatives, including one woman who's spoken to the BBC. We're not naming her for her own safety. She started by giving us her reaction to this weekend's attacks on Iran. My opinion about what happens in Iran right now, it's a little complicated.

Nyt saat 30 prosenttia alennusta ruoan säilytystuotteista. Laajan valikoimamme avulla laitat keittiön ja ruokakaapin helposti järjestykseen. Tervetuloa Klaas Olssonille!

The US and Israeli strikes and the Iranian retaliation have sent shockwaves worldwide through sectors from shipping to air travel to oil amid warnings of rising energy costs and disruption to business, particularly in the Gulf region.

When the Asian markets opened on Monday morning, oil prices jumped more than 10%, not just because of the war, but because Iran has told tankers to keep away from a vital shipping route, the Strait of Hormuz, with several ships in the area coming under attack. Around a fifth of the world's oil and gas passes through the Strait of Hormuz in normal times. Our business reporter Nick Marsh in Singapore gave me this update on oil prices and stock markets.

Nick Marsh, in a joint statement the UK, France and Germany have accused Iran of carrying out indiscriminate and disproportionate strikes on their allies in the Middle East. The leaders of the three European nations say they'll work with the US to stop Iran's revenge attacks, which also threaten their citizens and military personnel in the region.

As part of that effort, the British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, who had refused to let the US use British military bases for its attacks on Iran, has said he will now allow America to use them, but only for defensive strikes against Iranian missiles, a move he says is in line with international law.

Meidän päätös, ettei Yhdysvallat ole kiinnostunut Iranin ristiriitaan, oli epäonnistunut. Varsinkin, koska uskomme, että parhaimmat asiat alueelle ja maailmalle ovat neuvottelut, joissa Iran sopii, että antaa mitään arviointia nukleusvallan kehittämiseen. Mutta ainoa tapa pysäyttää vaikutuksen on pysäyttää missaaleja. Yhdysvallat...