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  "publishedAt": "2026-03-09T20:28:01.000Z",
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    "Airfares could DOUBLE as Iran crisis sends fuel costs soaring",
    "Students at 27 UK universities mourn death of 'brutal' Ayatollah Khamenei",
    "Rachel Reeves handed bleak economic outlook as UK faces oil supply shock - 'Very difficult position'",
    "French President Emmanuel Macron vowed to deploy a dozen naval vessels",
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  "textContent": "\n\n\nDonald Trump has told US media that the Iran war is \"very complete,\" in the biggest indication to date the end could be in sight for the 10-day long conflict.\n\nThe US President said they were \"very far ahead of schedule\", and that Iran has \"no navy, no communications,\" as well as \"no air force,\" and claimed their missiles are \"down to a scatter\".\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n\"Their drones are being blown up all over the place, including their manufacturing of drones. If you look, they have nothing left. There's nothing left in a military sense,\" he declared.\n\nDespite the White House previously claiming the war could last up to a month, President Trump insisted: \"Wrapping up is all in my mind.\"\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nTRENDING\n\nStories\n\nVideos\n\nYour Say\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nHe later told a conference of congressional Republicans at his golf course in the Doral, Miami, that the US are merely \"counting down the minutes,\" in regards to Iran.\n\nBut the President also warned Iran over future strikes: \"They've shot everything they have to shoot, and they better not try anything cute or it's going to be the end of that country... If they do anything bad, that would [be] the end of Iran and you'd never hear the name again.\"\n\nAccording to the Kremlin, Mr Trump discussed the Iran and Ukraine conflicts during a \"frank and constructive\" telephone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin.\n\nThe pair are said to have discussed \"a quick political and diplomatic end to the Iranian conflict\".\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n\"The accent was placed on the situation surrounding the conflict with Iran and the bilateral negotiations underway with the representatives of the United States on settling the Ukrainian question,\" Putin’s diplomatic advisor Yuri Ushakov said.\n\nBut the President's insistence that the war was nearly \"complete\" was undermined when the Israel Defense Forces confirmed on Monday evening they had begun a broad wave of strikes in Tehran, with tensions in the region between Iran and the US remaining extremely high.\n\nMr Trump has been a vocal critic of Iran's new Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, son of the late Ali Khamenei, who was announced on Sunday.\n\nThe son and wife of the new Ayatollah were killed during the US-Israeli air strikes last week, along with his father.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n### LATEST DEVELOPMENTS\n\n\n\n\n  * Airfares could DOUBLE as Iran crisis sends fuel costs soaring\n  * Students at 27 UK universities mourn death of 'brutal' Ayatollah Khamenei\n  * Rachel Reeves handed bleak economic outlook as UK faces oil supply shock - 'Very difficult position'\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nThe President had previously expressed his interest in having a say in Iran's next leader - something they vehemently rejected.\n\nWhen asked if he has preferred leader in mind for the regime, he said: \"I don't want to say anything about that but yeah, I do.\"\n\nAnd when further pressed on a message for the new Supreme Leader, the President flatly replied: \"I have no message for him. None, whatsoever.\"\n\nThe President is coming under increasing pressure to end the war in the Middle East, with the pivotal Strait of Hormuz choked by the conflict.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nThe strait is critical to energy shipping routes, and is responsible around a fifth of the world's oil shipments.\n\nWith prices reaching in excess of $100 per barrel of oil on Monday, Mr Trump said the US is \"thinking about taking it over\" the region and could do \"a lot\".\n\nHis comments come as French President Emmanuel Macron vowed to deploy a dozen naval vessels, including its aircraft carrier strike group, in the Mediterranean, with the possibility of two warships reaching the strait.\n\n\"Our objective is to maintain a strictly defensive stance, standing alongside all countries attacked by Iran in its retaliation, to ensure our credibility, and to contribute to regional de-escalation. Ultimately, we aim to guarantee freedom of navigation and maritime security,\" President Macron stated to press during his visit to Cyprus.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n**Our Standards:The GB News Editorial Charter**",
  "title": "Donald Trump says Iran war ‘very complete’ as he suggests end is in sight"
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