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10 June 2026
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Trump Vows More Strikes as Iran Ceasefire Collapses

Donald Trump has warned Iran it will "pay the price" for stalled nuclear talks, as fresh US air strikes and Iranian missile salvoes push the two countries toward open war.

On Tuesday, US military jets began striking targets inside Iran after an American helicopter was shot down overnight above the Strait of Hormuz. Within hours, President Donald Trump was on Fox News promising the campaign was not finished. "I may keep going," he said. "They had a chance to sign a deal and survive.

" By Wednesday morning he had posted on Truth Social that Iran had been "completely defeated" — even as Tehran's missiles were landing on US bases across the region. Iran fired back fast. It launched missiles at bases hosting American forces in Bahrain, Kuwait and Jordan, the same pattern of contained, rapid exchanges that has defined this conflict for weeks. But those earlier rounds ended quickly.

This one may not. Trump's public statements have raised serious doubts about whether the April 8 ceasefire is still in effect at all, and whether any diplomatic channel remains open.

Photo: Meddy Huduti / Unsplash
Smoke rises over Tehran after US air strikes targeted military sites on Tuesday night.
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US bases hit by Iranian missile salvoes
Discuss
  • What does Trump's phrase 'they will pay the price' reveal about his negotiating strategy?
  • Should bombing power plants and bridges ever be permitted in wartime, or is it always a war crime?
  • Why might Iran choose to 'play for time' in negotiations rather than signing a deal quickly?
  • How does the April 8 ceasefire unravelling affect other countries in the Middle East region?
  • Is there any outcome in this conflict that could be described as a genuine victory for both sides?
World

Fresh strikes shatter Lebanon ceasefire

Israeli airstrikes and drones killed at least twelve people across southern Lebanon on Wednesday, just weeks after a ceasefire brokered on June 3 was supposed to end the fighting. The Tyre district bore the worst of it — eight died in Tayr Debba, four more in Deir Qanoun al-Nahr. …
  • If rescuers themselves are being struck, what does a ceasefire actually mean?
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We're going to be attacking them, attacking them very hard.
Donald Trump, President of the United States
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Ukrainian FP-5 Flamingo cruise missiles hit a drone and missile manufacturing plant in Cheboksary overnight, President Zelensky announced Wednesday. The Chuvash Republic city sits more than 900 kilometres from the front line — one of Ukraine's deepest strikes yet. The VNIIR-Progress facility, which supplies Russian forces with drone and missile components, caught fire after the strike. …
  • If deep strikes on military plants are rare, what has stopped Ukraine from attempting them sooner?
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IVOCABULARY
ceasefireimminent
sovereign rightsback-channelcivilian infrastructure
brokeredplaying for time
IIGRAMMAR FOCUS
Reported speech — statements, questions, commands with tense shift
When reporting what someone said, the verb tense shifts back one step (e.g. 'is' becomes 'was', 'will' becomes 'would', 'can' becomes 'could'). Reporting verbs such as said, told, asked, and warned introduce the reported clause.
would · was · had · were · could · warned · told
  1. On Fox News, Trump said he keep going with the strikes against Iran.
  2. Trump told reporters that they going to attack Iran very hard.
  3. He posted on Truth Social that Iran been completely defeated.
  4. Legal experts warned that destroying civilian infrastructure constitute a war crime.
  5. Iranian officials insisted they not sign any agreement that failed to recognise their sovereign rights.
  6. Trump accused Tehran of tapping the US along in negotiations that produced nothing binding.
  7. Zelensky announced that Ukrainian cruise missiles hit a drone and missile manufacturing plant in Cheboksary.
IIICOLLOCATIONS
Match the verb on the left with the noun phrase it best collocates with on the right.
  1. broker
  2. raise
  3. constitute
  4. confirm
  5. sign
  6. define
IVCRITICAL THINKING
Trump declared Iran 'completely defeated' on social media while Iranian missiles were simultaneously striking US bases. What does this contradiction between official statements and battlefield reality suggest about the role of information and narrative control in modern conflicts — and who is the intended audience for such messaging?
VCREATIVE · HEADLINES
Write a headline for the top story in each of the following styles. One line each, no explanation:
  • TABLOID NEWSPAPER
  • LUXURY MAGAZINE
  • ACTIVIST BLOG
VIWRITING
Ukraine's deep strikes and Iran's missile responses both demonstrate that modern warfare increasingly ignores geographical boundaries once considered safe. Write a short opinion piece arguing whether this trend makes conflicts more or less likely to escalate into wider regional or global wars.
VIIDEGREES OF EXTREMITY
Complete each ladder from mild to strong.
  • concerned→→
  • disagreement→→
  • request→→
  • damaged→→
  • talk→→
  • warning→→
  • tension→→
VIIISPEAKING
  1. How should international courts respond to alleged war crimes during active conflict?
  2. Does Ukraine's willingness to strike deep inside Russia change the war's moral framing?
  3. When back-channel diplomacy goes silent, who bears responsibility for what follows?
  4. Should civilian death tolls be reported differently when a ceasefire is technically in place?
  5. What obligation do countries brokering ceasefires have when those agreements break down?