Middle East crisis live: Trump says he cancelled planned attack on Iran at request of Gulf states, vows US is ready for ‘large scale assault’ if peace talks fail

In post on his Truth Social platform, Trump said ‘serious negotiations’ are now underway with Iran and that Gulf leaders believe ‘a deal will be made’UAE blames Iran or its proxies for drone strike fire near nuclear plantFriedrich Merz has been embroiled in a row with Donald Trump over his war on Iran ever since the German chancellor suggested the Trump team was being outplayed in its negotiations with Tehran and said he would not advise his children to study or work in the US in the current cli...