Trump insists ‘all is well’ despite US-Iran strikes – The Latest

特朗普尽管美伊交火仍坚称“一切安好”——最新动态

Today in Focus

2026-06-02

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As Israel threatens to bomb Beirut and the US and Iran trade missile strikes, Donald Trump insists it will ‘all work out well in the end’ and urges his critics to ‘sit back and relax’. So are we any closer to a deal? Lucy Hough speaks to diplomatic editor Patrick Wintour – watch on YouTube. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
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  • I do think there's a clock ticking.

  • The more he says here, we sit back and relax, something's going to go directly wrong.

  • The tensions inside Iran are palpable.

  • It's always been the Iranian position that if there's to be a ceasefire, it's a ceasefire on all fronts.

  • I still think both sides don't want to go back to fully built war.

  • From The Guardian's Today in Focus, this is The Latest with me, Lucy Hough.

  • So, Patrick, it's been a week of strikes and counterstrikes in the Middle East over the weekend.

  • You, as our diplomatic editor, have been right across this.

  • We've had strikes from the US on Iran, but also counterstrikes on Kuwait.

  • But more recently, we have strikes on southern Beirut that's led to mass evacuation orders.

  • What's been going on?

  • Because it's been met by a very strong response from Iran.