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  "publishedAt": "2026-05-08T12:16:50.000Z",
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  "textContent": "\n\n\nIran has fired missiles targeting Dubai in response to Donald Trump's overnight claims his recent military operation in the Strait of Hormuz was “just a love tap”.\n\nThe Emirati ministry of defence has claimed its air defences were “actively engaging” with the assault in the early hours of this morning.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nIt comes after naval destroyers exchanged a volley of rockets in the Strait, with both Washington and Tehran attributing blame to the other for the breach of the ceasefire agreement.\n\nIranian ports were later struck after the regime fired on three US destroyers on Thursday night – USS Truxtun, USS Rafael Peralta and USS Mason – which came under fire as they attempted to transit the blockaded oil route.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nTRENDING\n\nStories\n\nVideos\n\nYour Say\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nMr Trump said drones were “incinerated” in mid air, and missiles were intercepted as small boats attacking US craft “went to the bottom of the sea\".\n\nIran’s Minab Naval Base and military stronghold on Qeshm Island were hit in response, with damage inflicted on the Bandar-e Khamir and Sirik sites.\n\nDespite ongoing provocation, Mr Trump has urged Iran to agree to peace terms, vowing to “knock them out a lot harder and a lot more violently” should they refuse.\n\nThe US President dubbed the strikes on Iran as “just a love tap\" and maintained the ceasefire was holding strong.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nAccording to US Central Command (Centcom), the Iranian attacks were “unprovoked”, with “multiple missiles, drones and small boats” deployed as US Navy scrambled to assist guided-missile destroyers.\n\nMr Trump said on Truth Social: \"Just like we knocked them out again today, we’ll knock them out a lot harder and a lot more violently in the future if they don’t get their deal signed fast.\"\n\nAs a further breach of the ceasefire, Israel also announced renewed attacks on Hezbollah targets in Lebanon today.\n\nThe Israeli military claimed the terror group had “violated” the ceasefire, leading to urgent evacuations for six Lebanese towns and villages.\n\n### LATEST DEVELOPMENTS\n\n\n\n\n  * More than 200,000 illegal migrants cross English Channel since 2018 in shocking milestone\n  * Third British national has suspected hantavirus after deaths on Atlantic cruise ship\n  * Major banks STILL allowing transgender people to use women’s toilets despite court ruling\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nA senior US official confirmed the strikes on the UAE to Fox News, but said the April 7 ceasefire remains in place.\n\nThe US is still waiting for a response to a peace proposal that would bring an end to the ongoing war.\n\nA one-page memo from Mr Trump outlined concessions for a permanent peace agreement, that would see the US lift sanctions, free billions in frozen assets, and open a path to uranium enrichment.\n\nThe 14-point memo is now being negotiated between senior officials on both sides, including Mr Trump’s envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nIf agreed upon and signed, a 30-day window would begin for both countries to discuss a larger agreement that would cover the reopening of the crucial Strait of Hormuz.\n\nIt would also see the lifting of all US sanctions on Iran and set new limits for the country’s nuclear programme – although all uranium enrichment would have to cease for 12 to 15 years.\n\nIt also included an automatic extension if Tehran violates the terms, according to Axios.\n\nMr Trump has fought to avoid retreading Barack Obama‘s 2015 deal after spending years branding it “the worst deal ever\".\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n**Our Standards: The GB News Editorial Charter**",
  "title": "Iran fires missiles at Dubai in retaliation for Donald Trump's 'love tap'"
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