Iran war latest: Trump calls ground invasion 'waste of time' as first Britons return
Mar 6th 2026
Israel and the US have stepped up strikes across the region as Western nations move assets and evacuate citizens, while London reports arrests over suspected Iran-linked spying and the first UK repatriation flight has landed.
- Israel says it launched a broad new wave of strikes on targets in Iran and has carried out multiple strikes on Beirut and southern Lebanon.
- A US military commander says more than 30 Iranian ships have been sunk and that Iranian missile attacks have fallen about 90 percent.
- President Donald Trump said Iran had "lost everything" and called a possible ground invasion "a waste of time."
- The UK has deployed helicopters to Cyprus, sent extra Typhoon jets to Qatar, and a government-chartered flight carrying Britons from the Middle East landed at Stansted.
- Four men were arrested in London on suspicion of assisting an Iranian intelligence service, with police linking the investigation to surveillance of locations tied to the Jewish community.
- Hezbollah warned Israelis living within 5 km of the Lebanese border to evacuate amid ongoing exchanges with Israeli forces.
- Saudi Arabia reported intercepting multiple drones and missiles over Riyadh and threats toward the Prince Sultan Air Base.