US President Donald Trump said the United States would hit Iran “very hard tonight” and reiterated his desire to eventually take control of Kharg Island, Iran’s main oil export hub. His remarks came as US and Iranian forces exchanged attacks for a second straight day,

The US government ordered AI company Anthropic to suspend all access by foreign nationals to its Mythos 5 and Fable 5 models, its most capable AI systems, Anthropic said in a statement Friday evening.

The United States and Iran signalled on Friday that an agreement to end their war was close, with a senior US administration official saying both sides had agreed on a text and that Washington expects to sign an initial deal in the coming days.

Anthropic's Fable AI was shut down following a U.S. government directive limiting access to U.S. nationals, exposing growing tensions between AI safety and regulation.

In recent weeks, Iran has dramatically escalated efforts to seal off its cache of near bomb-grade uranium, deliberately collapsing tunnels and booby-trapping entrances with explosive mines, according to five sources familiar with US intelligence.

Washington and Tehran express increasing optimism that weeks of halting negotiations may be drawing to a close – key US politics stories from Saturday 13 June at a glance