President Trump opened a Cabinet meeting on Friday saying the U.S. has done an "amazing job" with the war in Iran, going back to the refrain that wars in Vietnam, Afghanistan and Korea were longer. "Iran is doing very poorly," he added.
However, Mr. Trump said he was "losing faith" in the ability to make a deal with Iran because "they do lie and they do misrepresent," adding, "They break their word so often." Investigators are probing whether malicious cyber activity that affected water systems in at least seven states this week, including Minnesota, is the work of Iranian hackers, according to U.S. officials and sources familiar with the incident.
Iraq has ordered its air defenses and intelligence activities be bolstered, a government spokesperson said Friday, after U.S.-Saudi strikes on pro-Iran militants accused of launching attacks in the region. Spokesman Sabah al-Numan said Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi "issued strict and immediate orders ... to raise alertness and readiness to the maximum across all camps and bases, particularly at the official bases of the armed forces and the Hashed al-Shaabi." Rebuilding and modernizing air-defense capabilities is a "top priority," Numan said, adding this includes accelerating plans to equip and arm modern radar, early detection and air-defense systems.
On Wednesday, deadly U.S.-Saudi strikes hit bases belonging to the Hashed al-Shaabi — an armed Iraqi alliance that has been integrated into the armed forces but also includes powerful pro-Iran groups known for acting unilaterally. https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/iran-war-us-trump-strait-of-hormuz-kuwait-jordan-air-base/#post-update-d51d3754 link copied Malicious cyber activity affected technology at water systems in at least seven states this week, including Minnesota, forcing some utilities to switch to manual operations as state and federal authorities dig into who is behind the attack, CBS News has learned. Investigators are probing to determine whether the activity is the work of Iranian hackers, according to U.S.
officials and sources familiar with the incident. Sources cautioned that since they had not definitively attributed the attack, their assessment could change as additional technical evidence is collected. They are also probing whether the actor could have attempted to appear Iran-based as a way of stirring the pot amid the ongoing U.S.
conflict with Iran. The FBI reported incidents in "at least seven states" but didn't identify them. Even as the investigation continues, President Trump said Friday that he doesn't think Iran is to blame.
Instead, he pointed the finger at Minnesota and its Democratic governor, Tim Walz, who is no stranger to criticism from the president. "I think that Minnesota is behind it," Mr. Trump said during a televised Cabinet meeting at Camp David.
"You know who's behind it? Minnesota. Because they're grossly incompetent.
I think the governor's behind it. I don't think there was an Iranian cyberattack. I think that Minnesota ought to get its act together." https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/iran-war-us-trump-strait-of-hormuz-kuwait-jordan-air-base/#post-update-b272172d link copied President Trump indicated during a Cabinet meeting Friday he's not certain he'll be able to make a deal with Iran due to their dishonesty.
"I'm losing faith in them, because they do lie and they do misrepresent," Mr. Trump said, then going on to describe Iran stepping up the war with an attack overnight Thursday. "The other day, the five missiles [Iran] shot, we knocked them down, we were in the midst of a negotiation.
I'm waiting for Steve [Witkoff] to call me, 'How was the negotiation going?' and instead I got a call from Pete [Hegseth] that they just shot five missiles at one of our bases in Jordan." Mr. Trump praised Witkoff, son-in-law Jared Kushner and Vice President JD Vance for their efforts in negotiating but said of Iran, "They break their word so often." "As an example, we will talk about nuclear and we will be in there talking about nuclear for seven hours. … Then they will go out and I will say, 'They discussed nuclear,' and they will say, 'We never discussed nuclear," the president said of Iran.
"And I will say, 'Why did they say that?' All they do is make me angry, you know? They just make me angry." https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/iran-war-us-trump-strait-of-hormuz-kuwait-jordan-air-base/#post-update-b59a1d30 link copied President Trump said the U.S. will be hitting Iran "very hard" until they change their tune.
"We'll be hitting them," Mr. Trump said during his Cabinet meeting at Camp David. "We'll be hitting them very hard.
And you know at some point, they're going to say, 'We just can't take it anymore." When asked if he had rejected an idea to "go big" on attacks in Iran, the president quickly interjected, "We are going big. We have already gone big. What is big?" https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/iran-war-us-trump-strait-of-hormuz-kuwait-jordan-air-base/#post-update-580dcb92 link copied President Trump opened a Cabinet meeting on Friday saying the U.S.
has done an "amazing job" with the war in Iran, going back to the refrain that wars in Vietnam, Afghanistan and Korea were longer. "We've done an amazing job here. We're in there for five months," Mr.
Trump said. "And if you look at Vietnam, they were in there for 20 years. You look at Afghanistan, they were in there for many years.
You look at any one of the wars, Korea, any one of them. They're in there for many years. We're in for five months, and we have obliterated their military capacity.
Again, they've got some left, but soon they won't have some left." The president largely focused on the economy and immigration in his opening remarks, but repeatedly piled on Iran despite the American public's frustration with the lagging war. "Iran is doing very poorly. Just in case you read incorrect stories, they're doing very, very poorly," Mr.
Trump said. "They're having a hard time. They've been very dishonest.
They've been very dishonorable to deal with. But that makes no difference. They're doing very, very poorly." https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/iran-war-us-trump-strait-of-hormuz-kuwait-jordan-air-base/#post-update-38399380 link copied No Chinese citizens were affected by an Iranian attack that hit a Chinese company building in Kuwait on Thursday, according to the country's foreign ministry.
In a statement carried by the Xinhua state news agency, a spokesperson said "according to verified information, no Chinese citizens were affected" by the strike that killed one worker , whose nationality remains unknown. China has urged Kuwait to take measures to safeguard its citizens, the statement added. https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/iran-war-us-trump-strait-of-hormuz-kuwait-jordan-air-base/#post-update-dabeedd0 link copied Israeli forces carried out a series of powerful detonations overnight near the UNESCO-listed Beaufort Castle in southern Lebanon, Lebanese state media reported Friday, with Israel saying it destroyed tunnels used by Iranian-backed militant group Hezbollah.
"Israeli forces triggered very powerful explosions around midnight," specifically "in the area of the Beaufort fortress," Lebanon's National News Agency said, adding the huge blasts resounded over a large area, shattering glass in nearby villages. The Crusader-era castle, located in an area occupied by Israel, was added last week to UNESCO's List of World Heritage in Danger. In a joint statement, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz said the army had destroyed "terror tunnels in the Beaufort area" using approximately 700 tons of explosives.
They said the explosions came after a "blatant violation of the ceasefire" between Lebanon and Israel by Hezbollah. The group has not claimed any attacks since a ceasefire came into force on June 20. Lebanon's culture ministry said the explosions struck "the area opposite the fortress," warning that "the...
