President Trump has said the US will hit Iran “hard”, after the two sides exchanged further strikes. “We hit them hard yesterday and …

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US President Donald Trump said he has cancelled strikes on Iran tonight and suggested that a deal to end the war was close at hand.

“Discussions and final points have been, in both concept and great detail, approved by all parties involved”, including the “US, Israel, Saudi Arabia”, Trump said on Truth Social.

In an earlier post, he vowed to hit Iran “very hard” on Thursday night.

Iran has not responded to Trump’s latest message – but earlier warned the US of an “endless quagmire that you will be stuck in for years”.

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Today, the Defence Secretary John Healey has resigned.

In his resignation letter to the UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer, Healey set out his reasons for leaving, telling the PM the defence investment plan “falls well short of what is required for defence and the country at this dangerous time”.

The sixth minister to resign for Starmer’s cabinet in a month, and one of its most loyal, the question will now turn to what lies ahead for the PM.

Adam and Chris are joined by Shashank Joshi Defence Editor of the Economist

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00:00 How John Healey’s resignation unfolded
04:30 What the defence investment plan is
11:00 Budget pressures and competing priorities
13:00 The Prime Minister’s response
15:30 The spending gap and long-term defence targets
18:30 NATO commitments and credibility questions
21:00 Procurement, reform, and defence spending efficiency
24:00 Political fallout and leadership pressure
27:00 What happens next?

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Protests held across Northern Ireland on Thursday night passed off without major incident following a “robust” police response.

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