Iran war updates: Trump threatens ‘much higher level’ attacks if no deal

These were the updates on the US-Israel war on Iran and Israel’s attacks on Lebanon for Wednesday, May 6, 2026.

TOPSHOT - A photo illustration taken in Nicosia on May 4, 2026, shows a person in front of a large screen displaying vessel movements in the Strait of Hormuz on a ship-tracking website.
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Hormuz 'bottleneck' puts uneven pressure on Gulf economies and global oil

By Heba Habib, Danai Nesta Kupemba, Barbara Angopa, Adam Hancock, Usaid Siddiqui, Stephen Quillen, Edna Mohamed, Alex Milan Durie and Zaid Sabah
Published On 6 May 2026

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