Trump to make decision on Iran attack within 2 weeks
White House says people concerned over war should trust in the US President.
In Washington DC earlier, President Trump said he would decide within the next two weeks whether or not to take military action against Iran. The US leader is reported to have agreed a potential plan of attack targeting Iran's nuclear facilities. The ѿý’s Nomia Iqbal joins us from Washington to discuss what Trump might be thinking. We also get the latest on the Israeli Soroka Hospital that was struck by an Iranian missile overnight.
Also in the programme: Iran’s deputy foreign minister Saeed Khatibzadeh tells the ѿý it would be "a big mistake” for the US to join in Israeli attacks; One of Elon Musk’s SpaceX rockets explodes on a Texas launchpad; and the project patching fragmented Roman frescoes back together in London.
(Photo: US President Donald Trump answers reporters' questions in the White House in Washington DC, USA, 18th June 2025.
Credit: Ken Cedeno/POOL/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock)
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