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Gavin Blackburn

Trump says Iran war will be 'short-term excursion' but won't end until enemy 'decisively defeated'

We're ending our live coverage of day 10 of the war in the Middle East now, which ended much as it began with a fresh wave of air strikes on Tehran and Gulf countries also reporting fire, believed to be from Iran.

Meanwhile, US President Donald Trump rounded off Monday by telling Republicans in Miami that the war would be a "short-term excursion," boasting that Iran's military, navy and air defences were all but destroyed.

His comments earlier in the day indicating an end to the war was in sight had caused stocks to jump and oil prices to drop, but he threw a little more uncertainty into the mix by adding that the US and Israel had more to do.

"We've already won in many ways, but we haven't won enough," Trump said, calling for "ultimate victory" against Iran.

Our teams in the region and worldwide will be back again on Tuesday morning tracking developments and bringing you everything you need to know.

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