LiveLive Updates June 10, 2026Share to FacebookShare to XArticle printing is available to subscribers onlyPrint in a simple, ad-free formatSubscribeComments: Zen reading is available to subscribers onlyAd-free and in a comfortable reading formatSubscribeJune 10, 2026Report: Witkoff relayed de-escalation messages to Iran through Araghchi channelU.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff used his communication channel with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi to relay de-escalatory messages to Tehran overnight into Monday following Israel's strike near Beirut, The New York Times reported Wednesday, citing two U.S. officials. U.S. Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff at a news conference after meeting with representatives from Pakistan and Iran in Islamabad in April. Credit: Jacquelyn Martin/Pool via AFPU.S. Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff at a news conference after meeting with representatives from Pakistan and Iran in Islamabad in April.Credit: Jacquelyn Martin/Pool via AFPAccording to the report, Witkoff urged Iran to avoid further escalation after its missile attacks on Israel, a move that the newspaper said contributed to Iran's announcement Monday that it would halt attacks on Israel.The report said U.S. President Donald Trump's announcement that Israel and Iran would cease exchanging fire followed Witkoff's earlier diplomatic efforts.Jordan says it intercepted five missiles launched from Iran toward al-AzraqJordanian armed forces said on Wednesday they intercepted and shot down five missiles launched from Iran toward al-Azraq area in Jordan.The military added that debris from the interception operation fell on Jordanian territory but caused no injuries or material damage.Earlier on Wednesday, Iran's Revolutionary Guards said that they had targeted four sites at the U.S. al-Azraq base in Jordan using long-range missiles.Iran's Revolutionary Guards say missiles targeted U.S. base in JordanIran's Revolutionary Guards said on Wednesday they had targeted four sites at the U.S. al-Azraq base in Jordan using long-range missiles, Iranian media reported.The Guards said the targets included F-35 fighter jet hangars and a command-and-control center, and warned they were ready to deliver a "crushing and decisive" response to any further U.S. attack.U.S. launches new strikes on Iran after helicopter downedThe United States launched strikes against Iran on Tuesday after President Donald Trump said Tehran had shot down a U.S. Apache helicopter in the Strait of Hormuz, deepening doubts over a potential peace deal and further straining a fragile ceasefire.The U.S. military said on X it had targeted Iranian air defense, ground control stations and surveillance radar sites near the Strait of Hormuz. U.S. Central Command described the operation as a "proportional response" to recent attacks on U.S. forces and commercial shipping."I believe the response should be very strong, very powerful, and that's what this one is," Trump told ABC News.The strikes began at 5 p.m. ET (2100 GMT), and Central Command posted just before 9 p.m. ET that they had ended.Iran's state media reported that Qeshm island and the port city of Sirik in the Strait of Hormuz were attacked.Sounds of explosions were heard in nearby Bandar Abbas, and later in the vicinity of Jask county, near the entrance to the strait, Iranian media reported, citing local sources and residents.Some U.S. bases in the region were targeted in response to the strikes, Iranian media cited the country's top joint military command, Khatam al-Anbiya, as saying.Iran's Revolutionary Guards said they attacked the U.S. Fifth Fleet in Bahrain with drones and threatened "more severe responses" if hostilities continued, according to media.Bahrain's Interior Ministry said a warning siren had been sounded and urged the public to head to safety. Air defences had repelled Iranian attacks, a media adviser to Bahrain's King said soon after in a post on X.The Pentagon did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Reuters could not immediately verify the battlefield reports.Trump says he doesn't know if Netanyahu will run in upcoming Israeli electionU.S. President Donald Trump reportedly told an American journalist that it is unclear whether Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will run in Israel's upcoming election.ABC News' chief Washington correspondent, Jonathan Karl, posted on X that "Trump also told me its an open question whether Netanyahu will run for re-election, wondering, 'If Bibi even wants to continue'."Karl said he spoke to the president on Monday night, ahead of the New York Knicks game. According to Karl, Trump added: "I don't know, he's had an amazing career. Does he want to continue? Because, you know he's a wartime prime minister. We will very shortly win the war one way or the other, and you know he's a wartime prime minister."Trump reportedly continued: "That's okay, just like I'm a wartime president."Trump also told me its an open question whether Netanyahu will run for re-election, wondering, “If Bibi even wants to continue."