'Let's not blow it!' Trump says after Israel strikes Beirut | BBC News

Hello, I'm Regini Vaian and this is the Iran War today. It's our daily briefing where we bring you up to date with all you need to know on day 107 of the USIsrael war with Iran.

Well, we'll bring you the latest from our correspondents who are following the latest developments from the US and from Israel. But let's start with some of today's key developments. President Trump says Israeli strikes on a suburb of Beirut

should not have happened because they are, in his words, so close to a peace deal with Iran. Iranian officials condemn Israel's attacks on Beirut, saying they jeopardize potential peace. Israel says it was targeting a Hezbollah command center in

the Lebanese capital. At least three people were killed and 15 were injured. On Saturday, President Trump said that a US Iran peace deal was due to be signed on Sunday, but that's now possibly in doubt after Israel struck southern Beirut.

President Trump says Israeli strikes on a suburb of the Lebanese capital earlier should not have happened. Writing on Truth Social, he said on a day when America was so close to a peace deal with Iran, it was important not to blow it.

Well, Iran's chief negotiator with the US, Muhammad Galibah, said the fresh Israeli attacks in Beirut showed that America was not fulfilling its commitment and that there was no point in continuing discussions. Well, Iran has long insisted that any agreement with the

United States must also cover Lebanon. So, we'll be looking at how that's playing out in more detail shortly. But mediators from Qatar have been in Tehran and Iranian media says the visitors from the mediating state will review

diplomatic moves. It's unclear still whether any deal will move forward. Well, joining me now is our North America correspondent Peter Bose, BBC Persians Shada Husandi who is monitoring Iran from Washington and our correspondent Sebastian Usha who is in Jerusalem

in Israel. Well, let's start with you, Peter. Uh, we've seen that President Trump has taken to the airwaves again. What is the latest that we're hearing from the administration?

>> Well, we are indeed halfway through Sunday on the American East Coast, and there hasn't been a signing of a deal yet, at least that we're aware of. And we did have this post from the president a few hours ago saying that they were, he believed, very

close to a deal. Now that is slightly different to what he was saying in that quite long post yesterday saying particularly that there would be a deal signing on Sunday. He in his latest post condemned the Israeli attack on

Beirut and called on all sides to stand down. And then he finishes this post by saying, "Let's not blow it." which suggests to me that at least it's going through his mind that the events of the last few hours in Lebanon have the potential to blow it

to use the president's expression that it could jeopardize that agreement and it wouldn't be a final deal. It would be an agreement to take the process forward, opening the straight of Hormuz and uh getting at least shipping moving again and uh extending the ceasefire and opening

up a period for further negotiation. And I think that hasn't been blown. I think that is still very much on the table from the signs that we've been getting from the Pakistan mediators, from from Iran and from the White House over

the last few days. But we're not there yet. We're not over that hurdle that gets to what would be a remote signing. >> Yeah.

And uh the president has just spoken to Fox News where you are as well, Peter. And uh Fox News saying that the president told the Israeli prime minister that they had another call after those strikes on Beirut.