Donald Trump has vowed to ‘avenge’ US troops killed in the war in Iran, issued a fresh ultimatum to the enemy and implored Americans to back his battle for ‘freedom’ in his second address to the nation in 48 hours.

‘America will avenge their deaths and deliver the most punishing blow to the terrorists who have waged war against basically, civilization,’ Trump said from Mar-a-Lago on Sunday, hours after the deaths of three soldiers in Kuwait.

Trump told Iran’s leaders to give up the fight which has exploded across the Middle East, with missiles raining down on Israel, Arab states, including Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and the UAE, and on American military bases in the region.

‘These intolerable threats will not continue any longer. I once again urge the Revolutionary Guard, the Iranian military police, to lay down your arms and receive full immunity or face certain death,’ the President said.

He urged the Iranian people to rise up and overthrow the Islamic regime. ‘Be brave, be bold, be heroic and take back your country,’ he said.

An F-16 fighter jet has reportedly crashed over Kuwait near a US military base.

Video obtained by CNN shows the jet on fire and falling in a tailspin within 10km (six miles) of the Ali Al Salem base.

It is unclear why the aircraft crashed or who the plane belongs to but it is reported the twin-engine fighter jet is consistent with an F-15E or F/A-18.

Iranians received a text message from a verified Revolutionary Guards number warning them against protesting, according to The New York Times.

‘Any action that disrupts security will be viewed as cooperation with the enemy and will be met with the iron fist of the intelligence wing of the revolutionary guards,’ read the message.

Explosions have taken place at a RAF base in Cyprus after it was hit by a suspected Iranian drone.

Strong blasts were heard at the British RAF Akrotiri base in Limassol at around midnight local time after a ‘security threat’ was declared.

The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) said there was minimal damage to the base after the drone attack last night, and that operations were continuing as normal.

The MoD also denied reports that some staff might be sent home from Cyprus and said an investigation was now underway to establish where the drone was fired from.

The base, home to around 2,000 service personnel and their families, was seemingly targeted by Iran or its proxies.

The explosions came just an hour after Sir Keir Starmer granted the US permission to launch ‘defensive’ strikes on Iranian missile sites from UK bases.

The president of Lebanon decried Israeli attacks on the country, saying it does not want to enter the war.

President Joseph Aoun did not mention Hezbollah in his remarks, which had claimed responsibility for strikes on an Israeli missile defense in his statement.

Israeli officials have said they responded to that attack by striking Hezbollah locations in southern Lebanon.’

‘While we condemn the Israeli aggressions on Lebanese territory, we warn that persisting in using Lebanon once again as a platform for support wars in which we have no involvement will expose our homeland once more to risks for which those parties … bear responsibility,’ Aoun said in a statement.

‘This is something the state will not allow to be repeated, and the Lebanese people—who are still working to this day to heal the wounds caused by previous confrontations—will not accept it.’

The US Embassy in Kuwait has urged Americans in the country to shelter in place.

‘Do not come to the Embassy. Take cover in your residence on the lowest available floor and away from windows. Do not go outside,’ the embassy posted on X.

It also advised Americans to immediately seek cover if they hear a loud explosion or siren, go to the lowest level of a building if indoors and stay away from any windows or openings.

‘Be aware that even if the incoming missile or drone is intercepted, falling debris represents a significant risk,’ it said.

Israel launched strikes on Lebanon’s capital Beirut after the militant group Hezbollah fired missiles across the border early this morning.

Lebanon’s Health Ministry said at least 31 people were killed in the strikes, which follow the US and Israel pounding targets across Iran on Sunday as part of an intensifying military campaign which followed the killing of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

Fresh airstrikes were reported overnight across Iran, while explosions were heard in Dubai on Monday and Bahrain’s Interior Ministry urged people to ‘head to the nearest safe place’ as sirens sounded across the country.

The overnight strikes were the first time in more than a year that Hezbollah claimed a strike against Israel, saying in a statement that the strikes were carried out in retaliation for the killing of Mr Khamenei and for ‘repeated Israeli aggressions’.

Good morning and welcome to our live coverage as the US-Israel war with Iran enters its third day.

Iran has vowed it will never surrender as it rejects an ultimatum from Donald Trump to lay down its weapons.

Iranian top national security official Ali Larijani confirmed the country will not negotiate with the US.

His post on X referenced a Wall Street Journal report, citing US and Arab officials, said he had made a fresh attempt to resume nuclear talks with Washington.